We’re happily resting in the capital of New Hampshire, Concord. Flew only 40 minutes today from Stow Mass.
Edit: John here, adding two pix from the flight. First an interesting waterworks on the outskirts of Manchester, just before we got here flying slow in the strong headwinds to save gas and go easy on the minor Tripp repair item (ADF insulator).
9930 Manchester NH Waterworks
The other is a discovery as we taxied in after landing at Concord. It’s late, or I’d google Pan Am and see if the three planes like this were really an active remnant of Pan Am (each plane has a “Clipper” name) or just painted in that scheme by Boston-Maine Airways whose name is painted above the doors.
9941 Pan Am Clippers
We took care of a minor but time consuming task on Tripp, then checked in early for us, getting a ‘crew car’ from the friendly folks at Concord Aviation. This allowed us to see the city and pick up some breakfast goodies, which turned in to dinner as well, giving us time for a swim. We watched a movie in the room, the first TV we’ve seen in a month, and John concurrently had a long reflective conversation with a friend. Very restful. While here in Concord, I’m looking through photos of Quincy Mass.
I read David McCullough’s biography of John Adams in 2001 and, like really good books do, the feeling and flavor of the era and the story, and my affection for these characters, is still strong. A couple of days ago, John shared the rustic birth house of our 2nd president John Adams. Next door to that was a newer rustic house where his son and 6th president, John Quincy Adams was born. The house of his and Abigail’s in later years is on the other side of Quincy, and they aptly named it Peace Field. The house is very large and stately, yet homey, and the gardens and landscape are green and lush. We imagined how all visitors in that day would have needed to spend the night, as transportation was lengthy and more arduous than the bus ride we took from the old houses to their new one. The house reflected in the water lead me to dreamy reflections of the era and thoughts of all the luminaries who would have visited this esteemed couple.
0104 Adams Peace house, Reflections of the past...
Below is also a Quincy treat, a Canadian goose with complete ease of people. I wondered if the object of its search tasted anything like dandelion wine?
0098 Dandilion Goose
~by Anne
John & Anne Wiley 
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