Looking to stay in the woods we headed north for our next campground rather than northeast along the coast (and cities). Rain was forecast so we planned to sit still for a day before continuing our sightseeing. We had good power and water so many loads of laundry were done!
The Franklin Pierce Homestead State Historic Site was nearby but not yet open for the season so we only had a few photo opportunities planned for the day – probably good since it was still drizzly. Since we have to totally unhook the RV to go sightseeing we generally don’t return to a campground after a day of sightseeing.
Covered bridges are still found in New England and although two were nearby only one of them is still in use. Rowell’s Bridge was built in 1853 and still carries cars over the Contoocook River near West Hopkinton.
In the nearby Village of Contoocook the Railroad Bridge was built in 1850 to carry the Concord and Claremont Railroad across the Contoocook River. Rail service on that line stopped in the 1960s but the bridge, railroad station and a railroad car form a small historical site.
Several businesses attracted our attention throughout the day. We could have walked to the Henniker Book Farm from the campground (in the morning) – it doesn’t look like much but is almost as old as me and has an extensive collection of used books. Later in the day while driving through Concord both the content and name of Pitchfork Records caught our eye – does anyone use records anymore? And Piece Time Puzzles (near our afternoon campground) is very easy to notice along the road!
Concord was full of wonderful old buildings – we probably could have bypassed it on expressways but followed Google Maps through the city.
It was a short driving day with minimal sightseeing so we were situated at the campground early in the afternoon. The drizzly rain had cleared and the forecast called for clearing weather and warmer temperature so we are looking forward to our next adventure!
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