Well so much for hotel internet!! I posted a fairly long post from our hotel in Lincoln, NH and when I hit post, it switched to the Choice Hotel's site for reservations...eventhough the address and banner still said Lighthouse Keepers!?! When I checked back, no post!?!

Anyway, shorter, abridged version: We're back!! :p

Well, a little longer than that, we visited Stratford Point (closed gates and plenty of "no tresspassing" signs so no jockying for better pictures) and it was a little cloudy; the next day we went to Lighthouse Park and saw Five Mile Point and Southwest Ledge in the distance, but we were too early for anyone to let us in for pics of the caroussel; then to Pomham Rocks and the entire bldg. was surrounded somewhat by scaffolding, but didn't interfere too much with the picture...all white surfaces are now cream colored, so don't know if that's a primer color, or looking at the mural on the bike path it may be the original color; then on to Portsmouth Harbour and Whaleback. we stayed in Biddeford and it was too dark when we finally got through with supper to go to the beaches (Old Orchard), but the next day we went to Cape Porpoise and saw Goat Island, then to the ALF museum and Lighthouse Depot where I picked up my order of Christmas presents and a couple of lights that Bill was supposed to sign...they weren't signed!!??!! Then down to Wells Beach and on to Nubble. We left there and went to the White Mountains where, though a leeeeetle early, the colors were pretty, the weather surprisingly WARM and sunshine until later Friday afternoon when the rain started coming in, and ran into the terrential stuff Saturday between MA, CT and then finally in NY/NJ; all in all, a great trip with a little too much driving for one person, and probably better foliage than this weeks visitors are seeing as the rain has settled in, and though not exactly like the pictures, some places were near/at peak.

No Moose though (as much as we drove and a few times coming back to the hotel after 7 - 7:30), just Wild Turkeys, chipmunks, birds and waterfalls and/or covered bridges.

Now, back to reality!! :rolleyes: .

Oh yeah, the author/historian William O. Thomson was signing books at Nubble gift shop and he said that despite the guy at Lighthouse Depot saying that they're considering getting helicopter tours of Boon Island (which you can see off in the distance behind Nubble), he wouldn't count on it due to the location and condition of the area; including the lighthouse steps. And I also heard bits and pieces about the plans in the works for a remodel/upgrade of the grounds and perhaps a way to visit Nubble in the works in the not too distant future.

Steve