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Eagle nest near Holderness, New Hampshire, by Nathalie Strassheim |
My day started in Portsmouth, but by 9 I was on the shores of Lake Winnepesaukee, in Wolfeboro. It’s a compact little town brimming with shops just waiting for the summer visitor influx. I visited the Hampshire Pewter company and watched Christmas ornaments be turned out of their molds. Fascinating stuff—you can go behind the scenes in the pewter works that’s lodged in the same building as the shop. Then I buzzed west on 109, stopped by the Libby Museum and its taxidermic wonders, then turned uphill to visit an interpretive trail work-in-progress (the Lakes Region Conservation Trust is doing important work here) near the Castle in the Clouds. All too soon I had to bail out so I wouldn’t miss my Squam Lake boat ride. I found the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, regretted not being able to check out the trails, and boarded the boat, from which we all saw nesting eagles and a fluffy loon chick. Can you see the eagle in the picture up there? There’s also a chick visible, just barely, in the nest.— Nathalie Strassheim
