Fun weekend trip--Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont!

We had such a fun time exploring the coast and seeing lots of new states on our weekend trip! We left early Thursday morning and drove through Massachusetts to Rhode Island and spent our first day around Newport wandering around the little town, playing at Easton's Beach and enjoying the Cliff Walk.

There was a kite in the sky that looked just like a dementor from Harry Potter!

We spent the night just over the border in Swansea, MA then drove Friday morning to Cape Ann, Massachusetts. We'd planned on a whale watch tour there, but it started raining and the waves were too rough so it was cancelled. We spent the day instead at Good Harbor Beach, which was beautiful and had tons of sand and was practically deserted because of the weather! The kids caught crabs and dug in the sand and it was a really pleasant day. Then we got to our new hotel and enjoyed a late dinner at the Mexican restaurant there, kids eat free!

We spent the night in Salem, NH then on Saturday drove to Wells, Maine and enjoyed the famous Congdon's Doughnuts for breakfast. Then we walked through the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve to the beach and played in the rocks and sand.

After that we drove a little ways to Kennebunkport and wandered around the town. We came across a chalk party and the kids added their art. :)

Then we drove to Old Orchard Beach and spent the evening playing in the sand and walking around the pier and the amusement park there. Jon and the kids had pizza for dinner and I got to try a lobster roll, I'd been keeping my eye out for a great place to get one, and it was really good!

We spent Saturday night back in New Hampshire and enjoyed church in Keene on Sunday then headed toward home. We stopped at Madame Sherri's Castle Ruins in West Chesterfield, NH (the staircase to nowhere!) and enjoyed the view from the lookout at Hogback Mountain in Vermont. What a fun trip!