Live Free or Die!!!

I'm writing to you right now from Portsmouth, NH! Yeah, I'm on an east coast excursion and it is awesome. I cam to visit a super good friend of mine Ashley and her hubby Andrew. Ashley and I met when we were about 12 and grew up together playing select softball. We have stayed in contact ever since! Then she fell in love and moved with her husband (who is in the Coast Guard) 3,000 miles away!! All good, I'm finally visiting the east coast!

My trip started last Wednesday, November 7th. I flew into Boston then drove out to Kittery, ME. Kittery is located across from Portsmouth, NH and the state is partially separated by the Piscataqua River. Yeah, weird ass name right? People think Washington has some pretty crazy names! This place rivals what we have.

Thursday was my first full day in Maine and I didn't do much. Ashley and Andrew both worked. On Friday, Ashley and I hit up most of New Hampshire. We rolled around on the White Mountain Highway which loops around the "rockies" of New Hampshire. We saw Mt. Washington, the highest peak on the east coast, visited a very prestigious hotel and saw a few other random sites along the way. Took LOTS of pictures. I will have those posted when I get back home. Some are on my phone and some are the computer.

Here are some things I have learned so far about the east coast:


1) Live Free or Die is the New Hampshire state motto. They back this up too. The drivers are insane and you do not have to wear a seat belt if you are over the age of 18. Apparently you do not get to "live free" and you do not have the option of "dying" in pursuit of that until you are an adult. ;)

2) There are no "mountains" here. Just very big hills. (Sorry Mt. Washington).

3) They have TONS of Moose out here. Every few miles there are signs about watching out for Moose. We saw one!!!! We were literally 10 feet from a very young, yet very large Moose. We named him Marley.

4) You know what a round-a-bout is? They call them circles...real creative New England.

5) EVERY free-way has a toll. I no longer will complain about 520. Ashley hits the toll twice a day!

6) There are tons of covered bridges out here and Ashley and I tried taking pictures of every one we could find. We found 4! Why they are so cool, I don't know. All I know is that Washington state doesn't really do the covered bridges thing so it was awesome to see so many!

So far that is it. I'm on my way to Boston right now. I plan on hitting up a CrossFit affiliate while I'm there. This morning actually. Well, sometime today. I'm not to sure with my schedule. Anyways, my sister VERY RANDOMLY has a trip the same exact time as me! That is who I am meeting up with. She is staying in Boston and we plan on hittin the town today. I couldn't be more excited. We will do a little bit more tomorrow too before we head out. I want to see Fenway, the original Cheers bar (yeah there is two), and do the 2 mile Freedom Walk and get my history on. I know there is so much more, but we are going to fly by the seat of our pants on this one! Woo hoo!!!

Before I go, I want to leave you with a few pictures Ashley and I took while on our White Mountain Highway loop!

My next post will be a slideshow of all I saw and did out here! Can't wait for this day to really get goin!