Squam Lake

Conway, NH: Stayed up late last night playing Spades on the Internet with David. Mike actually went to bed before I did. A beautiful night with lots of stars. I was not tired at all when I went to bed. Don’t know when I actually got to sleep. Fiddled around on the computer again in the morning and then we headed over to Squam Lake. A beautiful drive over there. It’s a little north of Lake Winnepasague. It was much bigger than I thought and surrounded by mountains. We went through the little town of Sandwich—founded in 1763. Wow! Before the Revolutionary War! Many historic buildings. We got to the dock in Holderness where we were going to catch the boat cruise and the boat was loaded on the dock and ready to go. The boat was already filled. And it was the last cruise. An elderly couple on the boat said they’d give up their seats so we could go. I said absolutely not. We left and were walking down the dock toward a couple in a boat with two labs and we heard them yelling from the boat. The couple insisted on letting us have their seats. They said they were staying in the area and had taken the cruise several times before and wanted us to see it. We thanked them profusely and got on the boat. And Mike thinks North Easterners are unfriendly people!!! Maybe it’s just one Northeasterner he has in mind? Anyway, what a wonderful gesture and I wish I had written down their names. They’re going to take the cruise tomorrow. The lake is beautiful. It’s where “On Golden Pond” was filmed. After the cruise we had dinner at Walter’s Basin Pub right at the dock overlooking the lake. When we got back to the campground we stopped to visit the hosts and see their puppies. What a handful! And the hosts are such nice people.