Views from the Passenger Seat

Good morning. Just woke up. Yesterday was a very long day, last night was equally long, and I'm hoping for a better day today. Spent most of yesterday in bed. After my walk, the vertigo got the best of me-- hit like a ton of bricks. I had some nausea and vomiting, so I decided to take it easy and stay in bed.

On to more pleasant thoughts...

After Tuesday's lobster dinner we drove up the coast and explored the New Hampshire coastline. I have to say that this place has a completely different feel from southwest Florida, coastal North Carolina, and the northern gulf coast. Yes, and even different from the California coast, too.  I like that about our country that so many areas are diverse.

We drove north to Hampton, NH. We came upon a really cheesy area full of tooky t-shirt shops and souvenirs... probably much like a typical eastern seaboard boardwalk. The place was packed with people of all shapes, sizes, etc. just milling about. Small, family-owned inns lined the streets with their porches facing the Atlantic Ocean. At the bandshell, a band was playing fun music.

We took the truck further, happened upon a rocky coastline and saw some surfers all geared up to take on the waves. The breeze was coming from the water, so we got a good sniff of salty sea air (I love it so!). By the way, the different coastlines smell equally different. This coastline has a salty, almost wet musty green smell. Not unpleasant, just salty, wet and green...

Just slightly further up the road, we came upon some gorgeous homes. By this time the sun was going down so we didn't get really good picutres, but there are two that remotely came out during the drive by...

On the way home I captured these fishing boats harbored for the evening.

Like I said, it's an entirely different feel from other coastlines. I think I'm going to like this place!