Wolfeboro, New Hampshire via Augusta, Maine

On Saturday, we stayed in Augusta, Maine, and shopped a little, did some laundry, and on Sunday, did a little sight-seeing in the rain...again. The picture-taking opportunities were far worse than in Acadia, so no pictures of Augusta were taken. Augusta does have a clever way of displaying its historical sites and such, through a series of placards placed seasonally around the city, mostly near the historical waterfront. The series is called Museum in the Streets and the portion we saw told of the damming of the Kennebec River for industrial purposes in the 1837 (against an engineer's advice), its destruction by flood in 1839, its rebuilding in 1840, flood damage again in 1855, floods of the city exacerbated by the dam in 1923 and 1936, a spectacular fire that destroyed the mill the dam supported in 1989 and the dam's eventually destruction in 1999 for environmental reasons. Very interesting way of showing the city's history!

When we departed Augusta on Sunday, we drove west toward Conway, New Hampshire, but had a hard time finding somewhere to hang our hat. We drove all the way around the western and southern sides of Lake Winnipesaukee and up the eastern edge to Wolfeboro, an adorable little town with easily the cleanest and quietest (and prettiest) campground Ken and I have ever stayed in...Wolfeboro Campground. It made for a long day of driving, but it was a beautiful ride through picturesque scenery...in the rain.

We ate at a local Chinese restaurant for dinner then roasted some giant marshmallows over our campfire. Yum!

See the rain cloud?!?

On Monday, Ken worked on the RV roof (we've sprung a couple of leaks, now fixed). We left the campground to head into Wolfeboro for lunch at the Wolfeboro Diner, a tiny little restaurant in the heart of the town on Main Street. We walked across the street to rent a kayak from Dive Winnipesaukee and that's when the real fun began. We kayaked out onto the lake under a big dark cloud. We were quite a ways from the dock when it began to sprinkle on us. Then it began to pour. We paddled and paddled but by the time we got out from under the rain cloud, it had rained on us for about 10 minutes straight. HA! We were laughing the whole time...at least it was fun. We zigzagged across the lake for another 2 hours, wearing out our arms, before heading back to the dock.

We then drove over to a little public beach area, Brewster Beach, and took a swim. The water in the lake is so clear and clean we could see our toes in six feet of water. What a nice day!

We had dinner in the RV and then....more marshmallows by the campfire! Woohoo!