Back to Lake Winnipesaukee

After driving through the Lake Winnipesaukee, NH, area on my way to Vermont a couple of weeks ago, I was itching to go back to the Lake area on a day when I could spend some time.

I told Ken I'd like to see more of that area again, so that's just what we did last Thursday.

The Lake Winnipesaukee area is only 90 minutes from our home, so it's not a long drive.

It was an overcast, rather raw, day, but we didn't let that dampen our spirits.

We went first to Meredith. There we browsed in several shops at the Inn at Mill Falls. We've stayed at this inn many times, but it's always been in winter and several of the shops have been closed. Last Thursday, however, they were open.

After we'd had enough of shopping...or Ken had had enough...we decided it was time for lunch. Guiseppe's, on the ground floor of the Inn, proved to be a good choice. (Italian restaurants seldom disappoint me.) We each ordered the chicken Caesar wrap, which was delicious.

Now it was time for one of the highlights of the trip: A stop at Patternworks yarn shop in Center Harbor, just a few miles east of Meredith. I'd heard of this shop many times but had never visited it. It's a good thing it had been pointed out to me as we drove past it a week earlier, because I never would have spotted it on my own. A very small sign says, simply, "Patternworks," with no mention of its being a yarn shop. The shop's name sounds more like that of a fabric store, I think.

Anyway, we arrived at Patternworks, my pulse racing as it always does when a yarn shop is nearby. Ken said he'd sit in the car and relax while I went to ogle the yarns. I assured him I'd be gone only fifteen minutes.

Forty-five minutes later I emerged from Patternworks carrying my purchases: three skeins of yarn (two of them for a Baby Surprise Jacket, one simply because it's a beautiful tweed that will look great as a hat or mittens) and a pattern book of ladies' sweaters.

So. That need was satisfied, and we headed home.

Along the way, however, we decided to stop at The Old Country Store in Moultonborough, NH. It's a good thing Lynn, Jackie, and I didn't stop there on our trip to VT the previous week, or we'd still be in there browsing. The store is truly an old country store, complete with large barrels of pickles, penny candy, kitchen gadgets, clothings, toys, pottery, stationery, candles, bath soaps and lotions, wrought iron items, cheese,...You get the idea.

Ken gravitated to the tools, of course, while I flitted from one area to another. The thing about this place is that the outside is deceiving: It looks like a moderately-sized store, but once you're inside you realize one room leads to another and another and another.

After a good browse and a stop at their penny candy counter for a little sustenance for the drive home, we left.

It was a good day in the Lake Winnipesaukee area. Now I want to go back again soon.