The Schweitzer’s Place

Here are the pictures of our Jeep. It has about 85K miles on it. It is a V8 with all time, on demand 4 wheel drive (Quadra Trac II On demand  4WD System). The tires of Toyo tires.

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As you can see we are on the Free Fun theme this year. We love yogurt — especially the frozen stuff. Deanna loves cows and farms too. On a few trips to the Manchester Regional Airport we have passed by Stonyfield Farm in Londonderry, NH. This is where they make some great organic yogurt. If you don’t read carefully, when researching the visitor’s center, you might assume you can take a tour of the facility. We didn’t read carefully….

Anyway, they are doing construction (growing – which is great for them!) and the facility is not set up for tours. However, the visitor’s center still has a short 12 minute video explaining a bit about the yogurt factory. The great part is that they make you taste all sorts of yogurt.

The Amoskeag Fishways is a learning center where you can watch the fish migrate through a fish ladder. The salmon swim upstream and this is how they get around a dam built years ago. Who would have thought fish could use a ladder.

The fish migrate in June and if you check your calendar it is June. Too bad it is May through early June. We missed it and only saw two tiny fish that were just hanging out in the viewing area. Yes, you can watch the fish through a couple of large windows and witness the fish climbing the ladder.

With the fantastic weather in full swing we took a short trip (about 4 miles) to look at the Nashua National Fish Hatchery. It appears to be a really happening place — I  think we were the only ones there. Anyway, it was still pretty cool. We saw some great looking rainbow trout and Atlantic Salmon. Those salmon look impressive and it made me want to catch one! This fish hatchery supports Atlantic salmon, American shad and other aquatic species restoration efforts in the Merrimack River and other rivers. Each year the Nashua National Fish Hatchery utilizes approximately 1,300 Atlantic salmon for egg production. Once spawned, the domestic fish are surplus to program needs and are released into the Merrimack River for the largest directed Atlantic salmon fishery in New England.

With a warm day planned by the weather man we decided to take another refreshing kayak trip. We are really busy studying for tests, but we still found a way to take an hour or two to exercise and relax. Today’s paddling was on the Nashua River. After a little searching we found a nice blog describing the Nashua River launch point near Stellos Stadium.

It was as described by the kayaking couple. We paddled for about an hour and stopped to relax. The water was clear, cool and refreshing. As we floated our way back we noticed some sort of hawk or falcon nest. Next time we will bring the camera to share some photos. There were a few power boats that cruised by and we saw about a dozen kayakers along the way.

The nice part about this place is that it is less than 5 miles from our place. This means we can go frequently and explore it more.

Today we pulled the Heritage Featherlite kayaks out of storage and tossed them on the our Yakima rack. We took a short 35 minute drive to Massabesic Lake in Manchester, NH. Massabesic lake is a city water supply that allows boating but no swimming. We stopped at the main park entrance to try out the port-o-lets before launching the boats. Of course we quickly discovered there was not a boat launch at the main parking area along.

We got back in the car and headed around the lake. Near the first bridge on Route 121 was a nice place to launch. After a few minutes we had the boats ready to go. The water was clear and very cool. With the 80+ degree weather it felt nice as it dripped on us. Of course we did not put our feet in the water since it is a city water supply, but we were tempted.

We paddled our kayaks around for a good hour and then sat and listened to the silence for a little while. The sun felt nice and there was a light breeze. After a little relaxation we headed back and slept like babies!

It is supposed to be 90+ degrees tomorrow – looks like another good day to head out after church.