Follansbee Inn 2023

 We had our "Last Hurrah" this weekend, with a little getaway in our own home state.  We'd been to the Follansbee Inn before and found it so delightful we decided to go back.

But first, we spent the day at Mount Sunapee State Park.

The Park is only about an hour from the house.  Despite that fact, I hadn't been there since I was a child.

My Aunt Izy and Uncle Lucien would occasionally take me and my siblings out for the day, and Mount Sunapee was one of those places.  I remembered taking a gondola up the mountain and hiking around the top.   

They don't have that kind of gondola anymore, just chair lifts. The chair lift kind of scared Hubby a little, but he bravely tried it and loved it!

The view from the top was stunning!

We had a little lunch at the top before making our way back down.  The views coming down were even more amazing!

We had also booked a boat ride around Lake Sunapee.  The weather wasn't ideal, but we managed to avoid any heavy rain and stayed up on the top deck most of the time.

One of three very small lighthouses.  Lake Sunapee is the only lake in NH that still has working lighthouses.

A view of Mt. Sunapee from the Lake.  We ate our lunch right near that tower at the top.

A most idyllic cottage on the lake.

The biggest most beautiful house on the Lake.  They own the entire point.

Steven Tyler's House

We finally made our way over to the Follansbee Inn.

It's a beautiful old inn.

It has beautiful grounds and landscaping and some amazing hanging flowers on the porch.  Our innkeeper, Dennis, told me he puts the plants in the basement with grow lights in the winter.  He has a hanging Spider Plant with dozens of babies that he's had since the 80's!

We had a nice dinner at Reed North where, surprisingly, they had a young man playing guitar.

And then back to the inn for the most relaxing part of our stay.  The Inn is on Lake Kezar, a small but very pretty lake.  They have a small beachfront with lots of chairs to sit and watch the sunset.

The next morning, we were served a wonderful breakfast. (The food there is outstanding!)  They let us borrow bicycles which we used to ride around the lake.  On the other side of the lake is Wadleigh State Park.    Then back to the inn to read and relax on the beach.  We took out one of their canoes in the afternoon and paddled over to Blueberry Island.   The blueberries were in short supply, but we managed to find a small handful.   When we came back, we tried to swim but the water was very chilly and choppy due to the high winds.

Hubby had the chance to play a little bit of piano.

We spent some time sitting on the porch playing Yahtzee and Scrabble before we headed out for dinner at The Flying Goose.

Then back for another sunset and a game of Trivial Pursuit (we played 2 games and broke even).

The next morning, we had another outstanding breakfast and this time, we sat at a big table and chatted with some of the other guests before packing up to come home.   We left just in time, as it was raining from the minute we got up!

A wonderful, romantic time to spend with my sweet and lovely Hubby.