Just in case you didn't see these pictures before, this is the church that we attended from 1977 to 1985. We have tried to revisit the church each time we return to the area. Of course this was no exception.
This would be our last day in New Hampshire and we realized it with sadness and happiness.
Services started on Sunday at about 10 o'clock with Sunday school. So the kids moved to their own classes and the adults stayed in the sanctuary. After Sunday school the regular services started.
The pastor lead from the pulpit. His wife lead singing with the guitar while his son handled a very small sound board. It was good to see 30 to 40 people attending and worshiping the Lord.
Londonderry Baptist has a rather unique service schedule. After the morning service, the church gathers for fellowship over dinner. After clean up the members gather again in the sanctuary for the evening service. It is a time where they have devoted their Sunday to the Lord.
It was a great day and it was time for us to crawl into our car, head back to the camp site and prepare to leave the next morning. It was hard to say goodbye again to great friends.
You might notice the absence of pictures of our friends Dick & Bonnie Phaup. You might also notice the absence pictures of our friends Dawn and Alan Beaulieu and their family. I do not know why it is that I do not take pictures of the people we love. But this has to change. I don't want to do this again in the future with more pictures of our trailer than people. It's not like I don't have a camera in my pocket.
June 15: We're off on the road back to Ohio. We decided to use the southern Vermont route to Glenfalls, New York where our friends Gordon and Martiena Haymon live. It was rainy for the whole trip so I wore sunglasses to shield my eyes from the reflection off my white knuckles.
We found a campsite at King Phillips campground. King Phillip was a Native American chief that warred with our original English settlers and Native American allies.
The first site we were given was pretty and we easily backed in. Leveled the trailer and pulled out the utilities. Whoops! No 30 amp service. Could be cold and no microwave in the morning. Time to go back to the check-in counter.
There was no problem and he moved us down one site. He just didn't read our reservation.
We called and met Neen and Gordon for supper. Again great food and good friends go together. (Do you see a pattern here with our lives?)
And did we pull out the camera and take pictures? No, again I blew it.
We left the next morning. We had about 11 hours left to get home. We could push it and take the freeway but decided to take the road less traveled by.
The weather was still rainy, so beautiful vistas were few. Connie did get this picture.
We stayed in Conewango near the Finger Lakes. Of course, they had plenty of rain.
The owner pointed to a small pond to the right of the camp store. He said that I might be tempted to fish it, but in reality it was just a depression that had filled with water. It was wet.
We pulled out the next morning and were on the last leg home.
