Saturday 10/27/18 was a really busy day for us. After dropping Beau off at the kennel for an overnight, we grabbed coffee and breakfast sandwiches at Dunkin' Donuts, and headed north on Route 28.

Snow in Tamworth.

Our first stop was in Conway where we met up with Sue's brother to finalize plans for the transfer of their mom's house. As we were sitting in the real estate agent's office, David Haine of David Haine Real Estate, we saw snow flakes start to fly around outside. By the time we left an hour later, it was snowing and sleeting hard enough to mount up to about a half inch on the ground.

We headed back down Route 16 to Chocorua, a part of Tamworth, where we turned off onto Route 113 West. The snow was falling pretty heavily by then, and 113 was getting slick. By the time we got over to Tamworth and then over to Ossipee, the driving was pretty rough. We learned later that many cars had spun out because of the conditions.

We stopped off for a short visit with Sue's Aunt Carol, and then headed over to the small community center in the park. Before we left Carol's I shoveled off the steps and part of the driveway, but when we returned a little over an hour later I had to shovel again; this time a heavy slush in a sleeting rain.

We had come up for Sue's great niece Bristol's 4th birthday party. All the family was there, and there were little girls running around all over the place having just the best time. I went out onto the community center's front porch a couple of times to watch the snow come down, but it was really pretty raw out, and the wind was blowing hard.

We left Carol's around 3:45 and drove down to Wolfeboro. Sue had suggested a visit to our favorite bookstore, The Country Bookseller, and I was all excited for that. We browsed around for awhile, just enjoying the relaxation, though I did buy Edward O. Thorp's A Man For All Markets. We really enjoy this place, and so I wrote a Yelp! review on it:

My wife and I really enjoy browsing around in book stores. We just love The Country Bookseller in Wolfeboro, and try to stop in anytime we're in town.

This is one of those small, privately owned shops that just welcomes you in the door, and teases you to have a cup of coffee, relax, and just hang out for awhile.

It was a particularly wonderful experience this last time we went Saturday 10/27/18. The area had just had its first real snow that stuck, and the wind was still filled with stinging sleet as we were swept through the door and into the quite, almost cocoon like warmth.

We had a lovely time just browsing through the shelves, and of course I found a book that I just had to have. You know, I could have probably gotten it online somewhere, but there's just nothing like scrounging around in a comfy place like this, and then buying it there to support these folks so we can come back and experience it all over again another time.

For an early dinner, we stopped in at Nolan's. We had such a nice experience, that I wrote the following Yelp! review:

After enjoying a cozy browsing session at The Country Bookstore, my wife Sue and I were back out into a light sleet being blown ferociously by the still strong wind. We walked up North Main to Nolan's Brick Oven Bistro where we were warmly greeted, and led to a hightop table. We had a glass of wine and ordered the S.O.B Pizza (South of the Border) which was described as: "Topped with salsa, cheese, taco beef, tomato, onion, jalapeño and finished with chopped lettuce once out of the oven." It was every bit as good as it sounded. Not only is the place really cute and comfy, but the pizza was just outstanding. Next time we're in town, we're going to make a point of coming here again as the general menu had so many interesting things on it.

Though the wind was still pretty brisk when we left the restaurant, we only hit some light sleet and rain on the drive home. But the wind just kept up and was so strong that we lost power for about an hour. Brief, but aggrivating anyway.

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