Sue and I grabbed up grand daughter Mia Friday 10/25/24 and headed off for the Strawbery Banke Museum's annual Ghost Walk in Portsmouth, NH.

We picked Mia up from school, and headed off to Newington, NH to grab a quick bite to eat at the McDonald's just off of the Spaulding Turnpike heading into Portsmouth, NH.

That turned out to be a lot of fun, ending up with Sue and Mia pleading for McFlurries for desert. We weren't in a rush as the sun was just beginning to drop toward the horizon; the Ghost Walk is so much more fun when it's dark out.

By the time we got to the Museum and found a place to park, the sun was just about to go into its final drop into darkness. So that was great as there's a lot to see when it's still light out. The museum had set out a couple of really neat machines that belched puffy white fog that fell to the ground leaving a layer of white as the very gentle breeze spread it out.

We had all bundled up with layers as though not cold, the air blowing off of the Piscataqua River had a really sharp chilliness to it. When we entered the museum grounds, people were scattered all over the place, and the costumes were some of the best I've seen there.

Mia went wild, and was off running from the start. She had such a good time that she actually had us make 3 loops around all of the exhibits before she admitted to being cold and wearing out. It was a really fun time!

I got this great shot of Sue standing with Mia in the parking lot with the setting sun glowing through the leaves.

I snapped this shot from the entrance area of the museum looking out over the field. You can see the main museum building on the left, and then around the perimeter of the field are all of the old preserved homes that comprise Strawbery Banke.

Sue getting a picture of Mia (in the purple jacket) getting some candy from one of the Ghost Walks actors.

Mia spotted this stop on the path and remembered it from the last time we had brought her. She was not only all over that, but she came back a second time later when it was dark.

And it didn't take long to get dark out: I snapped this picture of Sue helping Mia do something. You can see the lights coming from the windows on the buildings along this street in the village.

Sue and Mia checking out one of the more elaborate exhibits: field on the side of one of the houses made to look like a cemetery with a fog machine blowing white smoke across the ground. It was spooky!

Back at the parking lot by the car overlooking Portsmouth's commercial fishing pier around 7:00pm. I had never seen the new Memorial Bridge lit up before. It's really spectacular, and I understand that they change the color of the lights at times to match the season or some event.