Leaving Vermont and heading for New Hampshire. We didn't have far to go, but we couldn't check in the CG in Meredith, NH until 1pm. It was about a 3 hr. drive, but seemed longer due to the twists and turns and ups and downs of the hills. The landscape was beautiful though and bright green, probably from all the recent rains. By the time we arrived and were checked in it was mid afternoon. After taking a run to pick up a few things we decided to look for a place to eat lunch/dinner. We were starving and had trouble finding a place. Finally we pulled in to Town Docks Restaurant. How can you pass up a place that has "darn good food" as their slogan?
We went in and it was not quite what we had expected. It was causal extreme. The menu looked good and we both ordered fried haddock and French fries. It was OK, not spectacular.
One of the reasons to stop in Meredith, NH is to finally go to Keepsake Quilting. I get their magazines regularly and drool over them. They always seem to have such nice kits and projects in there. The shop is right down the road in Center Harbor and I've always wanted to visit, but it's not in a convenient location when traveling. This trip we wanted to stay in New Hampshire, so Meredith is was.
\We drove to Keepsake Quilting and the shop was really huge. It covered one whole side of the shopping center and was quite picturesque. It was a newer building and very nicely organized and fresh looking. Batiks were together, children's, whites and colors and notions were scattered about. It was a great shop. When we pulled up there was a U Haul truck unloading tons of fabric.
They were having a big sale tomorrow. $10 per pound (about 3 yards) for fabric. We wandered through and looked, but unfortunately I couldn't find anything that looked interesting to me---too bad too at that price. And they had lots of fabric.
Emptying a truck load of just sale fabrics.
Sale fabric extended the entire length of the store and inside too.
We went back to the CG and took Bentley for a nice walk. This is a very shady and quiet CG. You really feel like you are in the North woods here with the trees and smells. The front desk lady was a little nuts with the strict rules, but it was still a nice CG and we enjoyed it a lot.
It's so woodsy you can't even see the MH through the trees.
Tomorrow we head for Oquossoc, Me.
Sounds like a great trip so far. It's been a long time since I was in that area, but it was beautiful. I still get the Keepsakes catalog too and would love to go to their shop. I'd probably be overwhelmed from the beginning. Love hearing about your adventures.
ReplyDeleteIt really is GREEN in NH and VT. The shop had tons of fabric all in order by color, so their were no collections of fabrics that went together. When shops do that you get overwhelmed with fabric, but it doesn't give you any inspiration for putting things together. Very few samples for inspiration also. But they do have tons of fabric for sure.
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