Trip to New Hampshire, December 2002

7 December 2002 - 14 December 2002

Snowfamily Done
Judi and the Snow Family
Judi has a lot of cute winter clothes. The only problem is she lives in Florida. And in recent years the Niños and Niñas have made our winters even milder than usual. So this winter we planned a trip to Toronto, to explore the PATH (the underground tunnels that connect the city's downtown), and to give Judi a chance to style n' profile in her winter clothes. But the Toronto trip got to be more expensive than we could afford.

And then one day Judi called me up and said, out of the blue, "Why don't we go to Laconia instead?" (Laconia is the town in New Hampshire where I grew up.)

"Laconia?" I said. "What would we do in Laconia?"

"We'll have a great time!" she said. "We'll build snowmen! We'll eat in diners! And it'll be cheap."

Judi and I love to eat good food, and we especially like diners, and New England was the birthplace and is still the soul of the diner. But still I was skeptical. About whether Judi could have a good time in a place like Laconia.

Be that as it may, in a whirlwind of last-minute arrangements I traded my timeshare week in Palm Desert for a week in Laconia, and we cashed in our trip credits on Southwest Airlines for free flights to New Hampshire. If nothing else, it was going to be cheap.

I called my brother Glenn, who is the town manager in Westminster, Vermont, to let him know of the new plans. He said, incredulously, "You traded a week in Palm Springs for a week in... Laconia? In winter?"

Well, yes, we did.

This is the scrapbook.

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Topics

The resort where we stayed
A trip to York, Maine (when no one else is there)
Snow, snow, snow (I mean, why else would anyone visit New Hampshire in December?)
My brother Glenn (am I really related to him?)
A visit to the state capitol, Concord
Laconia -- It's a great city, and I wish I had seen more, but it was just too darn cold
Eats! Diners! Okay, I asked why else someone would visit New Hampshire in December.... Okay, here's an answer: Diners!
And why else would someone visit New Hampshire in December? To Style and Profile in cute winter clothes. This is what Judi wore, day by day.
Saying goodby, and it was hard.
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