Live Free or Die
Let me start off this blog with wishing my father-in-law a Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday, Dad! It was good to talk with him on the phone and wish him well. We will see him in October, that will be good.
The birthday boy, Juan Lozano (91 years young) and hubby.
We are staying in Woodstock, not the Woodstock that would first come to your mind, but Woodstock, New Hampshire. We are here for two weeks, week one done. It is a very beautiful state with mountains, rivers, lakes, trees and lots of green.
Our site for two weeks.
Woodstock became a village in 1763, colonial Governor Benning Wentworth named the town "Peeling" after an English town. Many of the first colonists were originally from Lebanon, Connecticut. In 1771, his nephew, Governor John Wentworth, gave it the name "Fairfield", after Fairfield Connecticut. The town was renamed "Woodstock" in 1840 for the Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, possibly due to the popularity of the 1826 Walter Scott novel Woodstock.
Walter Scott
Logging became a principal early industry, with sawmills established using water power from he Pemigewasset River. The railroad made its way in the 19th century opening the wilderness to development. It helped wood products to market. On a train ride that we took yesterday, the conductor told us that lumberjacks first came into the area and would fell trees in the winter, take them to the river and wait for Spring to have the logs shipped down river. The railroad lightened the lumberjacks load.
Pemigewasset River
The Basin in White Mountain.
Just so beautiful!
For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return there
without watering the ears and making it bear and sprout, and furnishing seed to
the sower and bread to the eater; So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth;
it will not return to Me empty, without accomplishing what I desire and without
succeeding in the matter for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:10-11 (NASB).
The 19th century also brought tourists, many attracted by paintings of the region by White Mountain artists. Several inns and hotels were built to accommodate the wealthy, who sought relief from the summer heat, humidity and pollution of the coal-age. There were thirteen grand hotels built and only three remain due to automobiles as they became more popular. Patrons were no longer restricted by the limits of rail service. Consequently, ten of the grand hotels established near depots declined and closed. North Woodstock, however, remains a popular tourist destination.
Fairveiw House, North Woodstock, New Hampshire.
I liked the way this tree looked. A lot of the trees were mossy.
Pretty butterfly.
On our walk.
Do you see the old man? We stood where they told
us to stand and still couldn't see it.
Profile Lake.
Daniel Webster was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire
and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the 14th and 19th U.S. Secretary of the
United States under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Filmore.
Daniel Webster born January 18, 1782 in Salisbury, New Hampshire
and died October 24, 1852 in Marshfield, Massachusetts.
Hoping this can be our New Hampshire picture for the map.
Driving up to White Mountain Range.
I liked how the fog was covering some of the mountains.
So pretty.
So, I haven't taken pictures of clouds for a while, now I will share two with you. The clouds are just so amazing. I so enjoy their shapes and how the wind blows them. Hope you enjoy.
Clouds at Hobo Train Station.
Clouds in Vermont. More information coming
on why we were in Vermont.
To be honest, we really didn't do too much last week. Rain was off and on and we did go out to buy food and then Friday had date night. I wanted to see the movie "The Sound of Freedom" and the closest theater was in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. So, we went to Salt Bistro and had a lovely dinner, walked around the town and then went to the movie.
They updated the original theatre and it was only $16 for both of us.
Theatre
Downtown
The first settler in St. Johnsbury was Jonathan Arnold, a native of Rhode Island. In 1787 he built the first framed dwelling in town on a spot at the north end of Main Street now known as Arnold Park. In 1790 St. Johnsbury was officially organized and given its name at the first town meeting. Colonel Ethan Allen had suggested the name "St. John" as a tribute to Hector St. Jean de Crevecoeur, French Consul, experimental farmer and writer, who was considered a powerful friend of young America. De Crevecoeur himself suggested that, since there were many places called "St. John" already in existence, this one might be given the name of "St. Johnsbury"... thus making our town unique, as there was no other St. Johnsbury in the world. This distinction remains today.
Downtown St. Johnsbury.
Much of the town's heritage comes from the invention of the platform scale by Thaddeus Fairbanks, who established a business in 1830 that made the name "Fairbanks" synonymous with scales; and from George C. Cary, who founded the Cary Maple Sugar Co. in 1904. Cary was a prominent salesman who successfully promoted the use of maple sugar to flavor plug tobacco, and later cigarettes, as a moisturizing and non-fermenting flavor agent.
Thaddeus Fairbanks
The platform scale.
Fun fact: During each March and April, sugar makers tap maple trees and gather the sap to boil down and produce maple syrup. It takes 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup. Around 1915, production of Maple Grove Candies was started at an area farm by Katharine Ide Gray and her daughter Helen and by 1920 had moved to "Pinehurst" (a former Fairbanks home), now the Elks Club on Western Avenue. Meanwhile, Mr. Cary had built a large plant at the east end of Portland Street to house his maple sugar distribution operation; he subsequently built the adjoining facility, which is now known as Maple Grove Farms of Vermont. St. Johnsbury justly became known as "The Maple Center of the World."
Real Maple Syrup
The movie "Sound of Freedom" was very good. I recommend it. It was done tastefully, so you don't see sex scenes and such, it is based on Tim Ballad's life how he worked for twelve years to stop pedophiles and then how he started rescuing sex-trafficked children. He was able to change some laws to help free children that are sex-trafficked worldwide. He is also speaking out on how we (as a nation) are trying to allow laws that will allow any child to have sex with anyone no matter their age. "Keeping it real" I am praying about my involvement in helping end this atrocity. It has been on my heart for a while and I was considering going in that direction before being hired by The Met, now I believe the Lord is reopening that door. Please pray for me as I am praying and seeking the Lord on how this can happen while living on the road.
Saturday, we had fun and went on a train ride. We have ridden more trains this year than in our entire life; and we have only ridden twice. It was such a nice day, God was gracious.
Saturday, we had fun and went on a train ride. We have ridden more trains this year than in our entire life; and we have only ridden twice. It was such a nice day, God was gracious.
The station was built in 1910. The car we road in were built in 1926, how fun is that?!
All aboard!
Here is the proof.
Another new state! Here are the state bird, tree, flower and motto for New Hampshire.
*New Hampshire: Purple Finch (Bird), Paper Birch (Tree), Purple Lilac (Flower), and "Live Free or Die" (Motto).
I am so glad that hubby suggested I add pictures of the bird, tree and flower. I can't wait for you to see the Purple Finch and side note, I love purple!!
I want to find one and take a picture. So pretty!
When I first saw this tree I thought it was an Aspen, I was wrong.
Love purple flowers!
If there is something special you would like me to take a picture of, please let me know!
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God, the RV & me...
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God, the RV & me...
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