Not our name, but our passion
Legacy Lane Farm in Stratham is a family friendly farm providing educational birthday parties and other children’s events. They feature baby goat feeding and also have pigs that can be interacted with. Alex and his frien Evan spent a day with the cute baby goats. They both recommend the experience.
A small gift shop offers goat soap, lotion and soy candles. Raw goat milk and farm fresh eggs are also available.
Baby pig
Great Brook Farm State Park is a public, day-use recreation area featuring an active dairy farm in the town of Carlisle, Massachusetts. The state park was established in 1967. The park has 19.5 miles of trails for hiking, mountain biking, cross-country skiing, dog-walking and equestrian use. Canoeing and fishing are offered on Meadow Pond. Tours of the dairy farm are available from May to October along with an ice cream stand which is open from April to October.
Mount Vernon is the plantation home of the first president of the United States George Washington. The Washington family acquired land in the area in 1674. Around 1734, the family embarked on an expansion of its estate that continued under George Washington, who began leasing the estate in 1754 before becoming its sole owner in 1761. The mansion was built of wood in a loose Palladian style; the original house was built by George Washington’s father Augustine, around 1734. George Washington expanded the house twice, once in the late 1750s and again in the 1770s. It remained Washington’s home for the rest of his life. Following his death in 1799, under the ownership of several successive generations of the family, the estate progressively declined as revenues were insufficient to maintain it adequately. In 1858, the house’s historical importance was recognized and it was saved from ruin by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association; this philanthropic organization acquired it together with part of the Washington property estate. Escaping the damage suffered by many plantation houses during the American Civil War, Mount Vernon was restored.
The estate is on the banks of the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia
Visitor Center
Beautiful grounds leading up to the main house
Ample signage and information panels explaining every aspect of the house and grounds
Interiors of the main house
Bedrooms
Kitchens
Beautiful view of the river
Out buildings
Working farm
Tomb
Slavery is not glossed over
Grounds and surrounding woodlands with signage
Odiorne Point State Park is a park in the town of Rye, New Hampshire. It sits along the 18-mile seacoast of the state, and has 135 acres of shoreline accompanied by beaches and some rocky areas. For such a small area the park has much to offer with bike paths, The Seacoast Science Center (a small aquarium), historic sites and views of a lighthouse.
Bike trails wind their way through the park
New Hampshire’s first settlement was located within the park boundaries
First Settler’s Monument
The Seacoast Science Center has a small aquarium
The Whaleback Lighthouse can be seen from the shore
The Sunken Forest is nearby and can sometimes be seen on very low tides
The park is the site of Fort Dearborn
Porto Moniz is a municipality in the northwest corner of the island of Madeira. The town features a natural complex of lava pools that are popular with locals and tourists. It is unclear when the area of Porto Moniz was first colonized, although it is likely that it occurred at the beginning of the last quarter of the 15th century. Francisco Moniz O Velho, is referred to as one of these first settlers, who had uncultivated lands in this area and was responsible for establishing a farm and chapel. The municipality was created on October 31, 1835, but was quickly abolished and reestablished successively in 1849-1855, 1867-1871 and again in 1895-1898. We stayed at the wonderful Aqua Natura Hotel which overlooked the lava pools. Be sure to click on the links for each location to see my more in depth posts on the topic.
Adjacent to the pools are the rocky shoreline leading up to the Madeira Aquarium.
The Seaview Restaurant has wonderful Portuguese cuisine.
A walk through the town has great views and with cafes and shops.
Stop by a cafe like the Cantinho Tradicional for a drink or snack. Alex loved his fresh squeezed orange juice.
