After what seems like forever staying close to home I decided to venture to a neighboring state yesterday. Keep in mind that I live in Massachusetts where the state borders are close - especially when traversing the narrowest parts of the states.
I headed to Portsmouth, NH for a walk by the Piscataqua River and a visit to the gardens of Prescott Park.
I parked at a church lot that is signed for visitor parking as well. The lot is just off of I-95, about a 10-minute walk from the center of town.
Just past the parking lot a large plot of land was cleared of shrubbery and reimaged with grass and curving walkways.
I passed under the curves of the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge crossing the Piscataqua River from New Hampshire into Maine.
I feel lucky to live close enough to Portsmouth to have been able to stop by periodically to watch as the old bridge was removed and this new bridge was built. If you're interested in seeing some photos of the reconstruction spanning two years from 2016 to 2018, check this gallery:
Witchcraft? 🧙♀️
If this was in Salem, MA I would say witchcraft.
I'm thinking they are trying to discourage climbing on the tree but I've never seen that symbol before.
Yesterday I felt a need for flowers. The garden close to me is in a state of transition so I decided to head to New Hampshire again. My intent was to visit Fuller Gardens in North Hampton then continue up the coast to Portsmouth to check on new flowers in the gardens of Prescott Park.
Fuller Gardens was a non-starter since their parking lot was full. They had blocked off half of the spaces in the small lot - I suppose the vehicles needed to social distance. I should have counted the vehicles; I think there were a max of 12 cars in the lot. I guess it was just not my day to visit.
As I continued up the very short New Hampshire coastline I saw that the state had blocked all parking along Route 1A.
In addition to the parking restrictions along 1A, all of the state beach parks now require reservations for parking.
No worries, I knew I would be able to find parking in Portsmouth!
I drove right into a 2-hour parking spot just a block from Prescott Park. If that spot hadn't been open I planned to park at the church lot just off of I-95 and walk into the center of town.
My first photos were of buildings on a very narrow street.
