Driving from Portsmouth to Verona Island

After driving around Portsmouth we reached our hotel,Exeter Inn, in Exeter, near Philip Exeter academy. That old building from outside was exotic, but the rooms were extremely small. Anyway, it was fine for one night, though we couldn’t sleep.

Next morning we tried to start early, but we couldn’t. We started around 11. The day before I almost took pictures of every house on our way, as all of them were very beautiful to me. So, instead of doing that I kept my camera down, and watching the beauties of all the old houses on our way to Maine. Soon we left behind the town, and started driving on highway. 

On that beautiful sunny day, we decided to cover a good amount of distance in the morning, before taking a break. However, we felt hungry, and we decided to stop near a beautiful creek. It was mid morning, the weather was still not warm. The bright sunlight from the clear blue sky made the blue water brighter. Anyway, after grabbing some breakfast , and coffee we started that day’s journey.

As we started, the unending rows of different colored gorgeous trees came in our sight, which marveled us. The beauty of this part of the USA is get chance to see rivers, bays, creeks, and other waterbodies every now and then. Those waterbodies reminded me all the movies I watched before, based on Maine. 

When I watched all those movies, specially related to lobster catching,I always longed to come to Maine to watch lobster catching. I’m not a lobster lover, as I’ve seafood allergy, only I can eat little bit of shrimp. Mr. Man, who is a great foodie, is a lobster lover. Anyway, while coming to Maine, I was just wishing for getting some glimpse of the very act lobster catching. But, I think to watch lobster catching I have to contact with lobster farm, to get a permission from any of them to watch. While driving through road, I couldn’t  see any such thing.

 
Anyway, in the late afternoon we reached Verona Island. We booked a farmhouse through Airbnb. I’ve never in a farm house. I was pretty excited to reached there. First we lost the road. After calling the owner, we could find out the way. It was a small narrow lane, with dense trees. It first looked like a forest. But it was not. That was beautiful neighborhood, with little houses, trees, and lovely sights.

We reached the farm, the owner greeted us with a cheerful smile. Though we were very tired Mr. Man and I decided to take stroll around the farm, only on the permitted area.  
The story of the farm is coming in next post.