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| The historic museum, Strawbery Banke, is right in Prescott Park at the foot of the town docks. The park, a 10 acre historic waterfront neighborhood with fascinating old homes, gardens, and interesting exhibits. Prescott Park hosts a number of summer events that include an open air theater, where we enjoyed a terrific performance of Peter Pan, and enjoyed entertainment that ranged from folk singers to Irish folk dancing. The downside of this gold mind for sailors is the river itself in which the docks are located. It runs a 3 to 4 knot current and the wake from boat traffic up and down the river is jolting at times. |
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| On Saturday, my two sisters, Roberta and Mary Agnes, joined us with their families to spend the day in Portsmouth. We spent the day enjoying the park with its beautiful gardens and just visiting. We took advantage of the fact that my sisters had cars to take on provisions, and most importantly, go to the NH state liquor store! For those that don’t know, the state of NH controls the sale of liquor, sells it only in state stores, but at a reasonable discount to what you would find in other capitalist establishments. Needless to say, we stocked up. Saturday evening, my sister Roberta took Monica back to her farm house in Hancock, NH to stay until Monday. Monica’s cousins, Laura (15), Peter (13), and Ryan (10) are all great buddies with Monica and they were happy to have her. Monica was delighted to be getting off the boat for a few days and heading to the country |
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| We enjoyed an entire week in Portsmouth, shopping, sightseeing, and relaxing. We decided to stay through the week as the weather turned stormy, so Portsmouth was a great spot to weather the storm. This was the first time we’ve stayed put for one week since we began the cruise. What a luxury that was to be in one spot for that amount of time. Portsmouth is one of our favorite spots, we’ll remember it fondly and return, by land or by sea, as often as possible. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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