New England

What an amazing trip...autumn in New England.

From the world's best lobster roll and fried clams to seventeenth century villages to Ivy league colleges, we pretty much saw the best the area had to offer.

Some of the highlights were Yale University with striking gothic architecture and character, Watch Hill, Rhode Island with it's spectacular ocean setting and breath-taking mansions, Boston's perfect dichotomy of old and new, Portsmouth's quintessential New England style downtown located in a beautiful harbor and Woodstock, Vermont possibly the most charming town in that region.

We took advantage of New England's outstanding seafood: our favorites were fried clams at the Clam Box and homemade hot apple cider at Russell Farms in Ipswich, Massachusetts and lobster rolls at Red's in Wiscasset, Maine, and scallop chowder at the Ice Box in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. And we bought a bag of the freshest and yummiest Honey Crisp apples the first day and devoured all but four during our nine day trip.