The last day in Kennebunkport is always a sad one.\u00a0 Not only is it one of our favorite places to visit, but it also marks that we are more than half way done with our road trip and are headed back to Florida.\u00a0 Lucky for us, Emily has planned a lot of great stops along the way!<\/p>\n
ngg_shortcode_0_placeholderWe started the day with the usual french toast sticks and cereal that we consumed the last few days.\u00a0 Hunter appeared un-phased by the repetition, so who was I to say anything.\u00a0\u00a0 After breakfast Hunter and I did the last tour around the hotel to make sure our stick and rock piles were in order.\u00a0 We were awaiting Mom’s daily preparation so that we could catch the 10:20 trolley ride with Grandma.\u00a0 Colonel decided he wanted to go rogue again and decided not to take the trolley ride.\u00a0 Needless to say Hunter was stoked to be riding the trolley.<\/p>\n
The trolley showed up on schedule and we purchased our tickets and took our seats in the open air section at the back of the trolley.\u00a0 Hunter sat with Grandma and Emily and I sat together.\u00a0 The trolley ride was awesome as the driver gave us some history on Kennebunkport as we drove through the downtown area and out to the beach.\u00a0 The weather was amazing again and the drive was beautiful.\u00a0 The trolley ride took exactly one hour as we returned to our hotel.<\/p>\n
We waived goodbye to the trolley full of travelers and headed back to the room to pack our remaining items.\u00a0 Emily was excited to have all of our bags out of our room at the Crumb Line.\u00a0 Grandma and Pop Pop decided that they would come into downtown KBP and have lunch with us at Henry VIII Carvery one more time because we enjoyed ourselves so much the first time.\u00a0 They delivered yet another delicious meal as we were all quite pleased.\u00a0 Emily couldn’t leave KBP without one last attempt at shopping so we headed to a few shirt stores looking for a sweatshirt for her.\u00a0 We found one at the third store that we went to, which might be a record for Emily (she normally needs to go to five stores before she can pick out toilet paper).\u00a0 Grandma and Colonel were nice enough to hang out with Hunter as he ran around the grassy area outside the restaurant.\u00a0 On our way back Emily grabbed on more berry ice cream because she loved it so much the other day.<\/p>\n
The time finally came for us to get in the car and hit the open road so we said goodbye to Grandma and the Colonel who would be spending one more day in KBP.\u00a0 Emily set us up for a short drive and stay in New Hampshire so that we could avoid 95 on our way to New Jersey.\u00a0 The drive was only about two hours and change which was just perfect because we had gotten such a late jump on the day.\u00a0 It was a beautiful drive through twists, turns and neat little towns.<\/p>\n
We arrived in Keene, New Hampshire, around 4:00 in the afternoon.\u00a0 We checked in at the Best Western that was having possibly the most successful blood drive on the planet.\u00a0 I was expecting to see The Jonas Brothers performing live based on the number of people in attendance.\u00a0 After we plowed our way to the front desk we checked in, loaded our bags into the room, and headed to the downtown area to explore and find a place to eat.<\/p>\n
The downtown Keene area was OK but nothing to write home about.\u00a0 We saw there was a park that we thought Hunter could run around in so we parked the car and walked.\u00a0 When we got there the park was quite a bit smaller than expected.\u00a0 I think there are prisoners who would turn down the chance to lift weights in this space.\u00a0 We stretched the legs a bit and headed to Margaritas, which was recommended by the guy at the front desk.\u00a0 The food was really good and it was just what we needed.<\/p>\n
After dinner, we headed back to the hotel to get a bit of swimming in before bed.\u00a0 The pool was absolutely perfect as we enjoyed it alone for about 3 minutes.\u00a0 After that we were bombarded by tons of people who were not looking for a quiet evening swim.\u00a0 We knew we were in trouble when we saw a dozen “water noodles” heading our way.\u00a0 \u00a0We swam for a bit and called it a night but not before some delicious hotel chocolate chip cookies!<\/p>\n
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