CouesWhitetail Report post Posted November 11, 2008 Well, my husband and I did our annual trip out east to visit his family. His father and mother own a gorgeous 400 acre farm out there with several ponds and as of the last few years a cornfield. The other fields are for producing hay and the rest of the property is wooded with a mix of pine and maples. Since the cornfield has come in, there are more geese and turkeys there. Every morning and evening the turkeys would come in and the toms would strut around. Seeing turkeys strutting in front of fall foliage was pretty neat. I digiscoped a few pics, but they are pretty fuzzy. Some of the geese: As we travelled around NH and Maine we were treated to spectacular foliage. My brother and sister-in-law loaned us their VW bug convertible for the week and we drove around with the top down often!! They have 9 kids (yes, 9!!) and so we are always busy there doing stuff with the kids. We took them to the beach and to pick out pumpkins to carve and more. here are some pics: one neice playing in the sand: a nephew out by the water: more beach pics: And here are some foliage pics for you to enjoy: and some of those veterans related shots I posted in another thread....Those veteran memorials and graveyards looked wonderful surrounded by colorful trees.....the last one shows a grave marker with the twin towers on it...perhaps that person died in the attack on 9-11 We got to drive along the ocean as well and one day there was a hurricane somewhere offshore and the waves were smashing over the barriers along the highway. Reminded me of the spray like you see with Old Faithful. We very much enjoyed our trip! Lots of great family visits and food. Lots of lobster, clams, haddock and scallops! YUM!! The weather was wonderful, was much warmer there than here when we left! Hope you enjoy the pics! Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
willhunt4coues Report post Posted November 11, 2008 Those are some freaking awesome pictures. Thank you for sharing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tommat Report post Posted November 11, 2008 Thats it I'm moving back east! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted November 11, 2008 Thats it I'm moving back east! With this housing market the way it is, there were TONS of houses for sale. I was thinking it was a great time of year to house shop out there because you could see how great the trees on the property would look in the fall. Gotta love old maple trees!!! Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AzHunt Report post Posted November 11, 2008 Great pictures!! My vote for #1 is the pic of your niece playing in the sand with the sunset in the background. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chef Report post Posted November 12, 2008 Great pics. Looks like a fun filled vacation. I KNOW you had to take some pictures of all the great food too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted November 12, 2008 Great pics. Looks like a fun filled vacation. I KNOW you had to take some pictures of all the great food too! Actually, I didn't. I was thinking of you when I made this post because I realized I didn't have any pics of the food!! Oh well, rest assured, we ate very well!! Which is partly why I was dragging on my backpack hunt a few days later!! Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Rabbit Report post Posted November 12, 2008 Amanda, I like the composition the best on the photo of your nephew walking on the beach. Splendid colors on the maple leaves. RR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billrquimby Report post Posted November 12, 2008 Fall color in that region is absolutely breath-taking. I used to think nothing could compare with our aspens and live oaks in a good year near my cabin, but that was before I spent two weeks in New Brunswick in late October doing interviews for a book. The red maple leaves were so impressive that I gathered a bunch, pressed them in a book, and brought them home to my wife. Couldn't open all your photos, Amanda, but did you get any shots of those big northeastern whitetails in a fall forest? There were so many on the farm of the guy whose book I wrote that we hand-fed them apples. Bill Quimby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted November 12, 2008 Fall color in that region is absolutely breath-taking. I used to think nothing could compare with our aspens and live oaks in a good year near my cabin, but that was before I spent two weeks in New Brunswick in late October doing interviews for a book. The red maple leaves were so impressive that I gathered a bunch, pressed them in a book, and brought them home to my wife. Couldn't open all your photos, Amanda, but did you get any shots of those big northeastern whitetails in a fall forest? There were so many on the farm of the guy whose book I wrote that we hand-fed them apples. Bill Quimby Nope, I didn't get any WT photos. Didn't hardly see any as a matter of fact. I did see a hunter-killed moose in the back of a pickup at a gas station. It was the opening weekend of moose season and this seemed to be a very young moose. Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted November 12, 2008 Amanda, I like the composition the best on the photo of your nephew walking on the beach. Splendid colors on the maple leaves. RR I like that shot too!! It's also interesting because my nephew looks like he is calm and just peacefully strolling on the beach, but that's not his normal state!! Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azcouesandelk Report post Posted November 12, 2008 Great pictures as always Amanda! What part of New Hampshire were you in I have family in Manchester and Windham. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted November 12, 2008 Great pictures as always Amanda! What part of New Hampshire were you in I have family in Manchester and Windham. We were in the southwest corner. Peterborough, Rindge area. But also Hampton and went through Manchester. Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Browning'sCustomMeat Report post Posted November 12, 2008 Great pictures Amanda, its beautiful back there. -Jeremy- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snapshot Report post Posted November 15, 2008 Awesome pics. I was just telling my wife not too long ago how it would be nice to spend sometime back there in the fall because of how beautiful the scenery is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
