T Stands for Changes of Scenery

 Hi everyone. Happy March to you! I'm excited for spring to be getting closer, although as I have written  many times before, one never knows if March will be spring or if it will still be winter here in New Hampshire. Either way, this is usually the last tough month of weather to get through, and some years it isn't very tough at all.

Last week besides a couple days of light snow,  we had some sunny weather and even some much warmer days compared to the rest of  February.  It was really nice to see blue sky, and since I was tired of the same  scenery,  I went for three little road trips.  I live in  great part of New Hampshire because, as some of you have asked, I can be at the ocean in an hour or less (30 minutes depending where I go), and I can be in the mountains in about an hour also.  It just depends which  direction I drive.

Thought I'd take you along for some views this week for T.  Be sure to stop by Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog  where we share our weekly drink related post.

A week ago Sunday we had some beautiful blue skies. The temperatures were in the high 20's (around -2 or -1 degrees C) so it was still a little chilly. It was a good day to sit in a warm car though, even better because the sun was streaming through the windows.  I dragged the hubby along for a ride, although that didn't take much arm twisting, and we headed north for a mountain drive. 

We decided to take a drive along the Kancamagus Highway, locally called the Kanc. It is a little over 56 mile drive through mostly National Forest. We drove to and started at the west end, which is further from our house. We drove east and ended up with the shorter drive home, although I completely forgot about Sunday afternoon ski traffic. I don't suppose either way I went would have lessened that, but it was still a beautiful drive.

This  photo  below didn't capture the sparkle, but these trees have some ice on them.

And how about this snowbank in one of the plowed pull offs?

I wasn't surprised but was still a bit disappointed that more of the pull off areas weren't plowed.

I don't usually go north. I guess I prefer the ocean.  My next trip was later in the week when I went down to the ocean.

 Last Wednesday temperatures were near 50 degrees (10 degrees C). That meant it was much too nice of a day to sit inside. As my yard was still snow covered, and my road (being gravel) was slushy mud, the only place to walk was the beach. This time I headed over to York, Maine for my walk. 

I am particulary fond of this beach because it is long with hard packed sand. I also love it because  back in my 20's I used to rent a condo for the off season near this beach. Back then I used to come home from a day at school and go for a beach walk. I do wish I could still beach walk without having to drive there.

I took the dogs with me last Wednesday also. I want to know why York Beach makes them more excited than other beaches or any place else they go. They were spazzing out in the car once I got about a mile away from the beach itself, and for the first few minutes of my walk they were acting as though they had never been on a leash. Smile.

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You can see we had hazy sun that day and a really low tide with the moon being so close to full. 

I thought the effect of the sand down by water in one area looked really interesting.

I also liked the shape of this seaweed also. I took this first seaweed photo because I though it would make a great carved stamp.

This next one had some cool texture.

In this last photo you can see Mr. Pete.  Maddie was there too, but she didn't want to get in the photo for some reason. When I stopped  to snap the photo, she went back besides me.

A road trip is not complete without a drink. Nor is a T day post.

I hadn't drank more than a sip since I had left the house. It usually takes me 2 days to finish a bottle this size, and most of this had been drunk the day before.  I'm weird, but I like it better when it is a little less fizzy.

I took one more road trip last week, but I think I've made my post long enough for one day. I took a lot of photos at my next destination.  I'll be back with some more photos  in my Wednesday post. and then I'll  finish those on Thursday. In case you are curious.

Wishing you all a happy T day, a happy new month and a great week too.