A Short Venture into New Hampshire

We spent the night in New Hampshire.  We did not get to our hotel until after dark, but when I looked out the window the next morning, I was awestruck with the view. . . .


David’s last area was Laconia, New Hampshire.  He only spent a few transfers there (the other three areas where he served, he spent a lot more time.)  But he had been serving there only a few weeks prior to our trip, so no one really missed him YET.
This is where he lived:

We visited a few people that crossed his path while he was there (though we didn’t get pictures of them all.)

Sunday in Maine . . . and New Hampshire

After attending a branch that David served in, we headed out.  David really wanted to visit a couple he met on his mission, but they had moved to Old Orchard Beach, Maine.  So we re-arranged our route to our next destination to make it happen.

We reached their apartment before they did, so we hung out at the beach . . . which was right outside their door!


David was thrilled to see them!  They had called a few times when he was on his mission to let us know what a great job he was doing.  Things like this bring joy to a missionary mom’s heart.

From there we drove to New Hampshire and stopped off at a family’s home.  While they are not members, they know how to take care of missionaries! 

One of the neat things about this trip was to see the relationships that our son formed with so many different people, members or not.

Heading to Vermont

It was a rainy day, but that didn’t prevent it from being beautiful.  The landscape is so different than the desert!
Some of the leaves were changing in New Hampshire.

It was not unusual to see granite hillsides.

We explored a covered bridge in Vermont. From the bridge, there were breathtaking views.



I loved seeing this mushroom growing in the knot of a tree!

We stopped for lunch at a pizza spot that David loved on his mission.  Of course I forgot to take a photo. . . I was too hungry to think of it!