As we left for our days outing, we drove through the town of Ashland. |
In the small town of 2,076 people, they have a statue erected to honor war hero's. |
In memory of the soldiers of Ashland in the war 1861-1866. Very impressive for a small town! |
Newfound Lake is the third largest lake located entirely in New Hampshire. |
After lunch we drove around the lake. We found a home on this lake for sale at $799,900, and taxes of $5,992. I guess we will keep looking. |
The lake water is refreshed twice-over annually by underground springs. It also has two rivers that flow into it. |
Newfound Lake is 6 miles long, 21/2 miles wide and has a maximum depth 183 ft. It is a 4,451 acres lake. |
At the northwest end of the lake we saw a sign for the Sculptured Rocks. It was only a few miles out of our way, so we headed west toward them. |
We followed a group of people from the parking lot toward a trail to a bridge, and looked down. |
Then we walked over the other side of the bridge. |
It was in the mid eighties and in the middle of the week, but there were a lot of people there anyway. |
Joe had a swimming suit in the car, but I didn't so we just watched the people jumping into the water from the rock ledges for a while. |
There were a couple of guys who stood on the edge of the rock and did back flips into the water. |
It scarred the crap out of me to watch them do that in such a tight spot. |
Joe said he would enjoy a swim more if not so many people were around. I agreed, but I think it probably is always like this on a hot day. |
I cut Mallery's hair a couple of weeks ago, so she is good for another month or so. |
At the northeast of Newfound Lake there was a really calm bay, |
with a small island and a home on it. |
We like this part of the lake the best. |
The sign said Crystal Springs - Open |
This sign said drink at your own risk. |
We had 7 empty milk jugs in our trunk, so we started filling them up. |
This was a first for us! Free spring water. |
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