New England - Day One

Yesterday evening was landed in Boston and drove to Manchester, NH.  Avery just picked up two new states there!  Then, we had a busy first full day in New England on Sunday!
We woke up and walked Avery in the stroller to downtown Manchester for breakfast at The Republic Cafe

which featured locally grown food and shade grown/ fair trade coffee.  It was a hip and happening place!
http://republiccafe.com/

Then we walked back to mom's house (Colleen's mom, aka Grandma Woods!) and loaded up the car.  We headed over to Durham, NH where UNH campus is located.  Avery took a pose in front of the Wildcat statue near the hockey arena.

Then we stopped by the Equine Facility on campus.  Avery picked out her favorite horse Macy

She petted Macy

She watched mommy feed the horse

 Then she wanted to feed Macy

Then we ate a White Pizza Bagel at The Bagelry on campus.

Delicious!

After that we stopped at the petting zoo near Wagon Hill

Avery loved looking at the farm animals

And she loved riding in the toy tractor and toy police car

We then headed over to Portsmouth and took the tour at the Red Hook Brewery

We got to sample beers after the tour.  Colleen liked the Copper Hook, Jim liked the ESB


We then drove around Portsmouth through downtown, Strawberry Bank neighborhood, and then onto the coastal route 1A while Avery was napping in the car.  (We even headed across the bridge into Maine so Avery could pick up another state.  So far on this trip she's been to MA, NH, and ME)

We hit the beach near dusk and Avery loved walking around the sand

We had dinner at Petey's, our favorite seacoast retaurant, and where we had our rehersal dinner three years ago

Then we stopped at the seawall at sunset to enjoy the ocean views before heading home.

We drove past all the big seacoast mansions in Rye and North Hampton, and then by the church where we got married, St-Andrews-By-The-Sea:

A very busy and fun day one, with lots of good food!  Can't believe we have 8 more days to go!