{"id":431,"date":"2011-10-07T06:46:12","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T13:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/?p=431"},"modified":"2011-10-09T14:24:12","modified_gmt":"2011-10-09T21:24:12","slug":"portsmouth-days-2-and-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/?p=431","title":{"rendered":"Portsmouth Days 2 and 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday in Portsmouth was rainy again. \u00c2\u00a0Church at a nice Episcopal Church, coffee and buns at a coffee shop, then a performance of Cabaret at the local rep theatre. \u00c2\u00a0An excellent performance. \u00c2\u00a0A mediocre dinner at the river House on Bow Street, then bed. \u00c2\u00a0Monday dawned the same, overcast and rainy. \u00c2\u00a0We had tickets for a boat trip on the Piscataqua River in Portsmouth. \u00c2\u00a0The weather improved throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an interesting building on the river, the Portsmouth Naval Prison, no longer used, too expensive to renovate and too expensive to tear down. \u00c2\u00a0It is on the property of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"portsmouth naval prison.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/portsmouth-naval-prison.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Portsmouth naval prison\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"naval prison and flag.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/naval-prison-and-flag.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Naval prison and flag\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is a link to info about the prison:\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portsmouth_Naval_Prison\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portsmouth_Naval_Prison<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fort Constitution and the Portsmouth River Lighthouse:\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhstateparks.com\/fortconstitution.html\">http:\/\/www.nhstateparks.com\/fortconstitution.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"fort constitution and lighthouse.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/fort-constitution-and-lighthouse.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Fort constitution and lighthouse\" width=\"600\" height=\"440\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The weather was in and out blustery and sunny all morning. \u00c2\u00a0This is the Whaleback Lighthouse at the mouth of the river.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousefriends.com\/light.asp?ID=552\">http:\/\/www.lighthousefriends.com\/light.asp?ID=552<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"whaleback lighthouse.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/whaleback-lighthouse.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Whaleback lighthouse\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An abandoned structure on the whaleback ledge near the lighthouse.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"whaleback ledge house.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/whaleback-ledge-house.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Whaleback ledge house\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pulling up lobster pots in the river.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"lobster trap in river.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/lobster-trap-in-river.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Lobster trap in river\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After the river trip, we started north to the Ellsworth area in the rain which started again as we left the boat.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday in Portsmouth was rainy again. \u00c2\u00a0Church at a nice Episcopal Church, coffee and buns at a coffee shop, then a performance of Cabaret at the local rep theatre. \u00c2\u00a0An excellent performance. \u00c2\u00a0A mediocre dinner at the river House on &hellip; 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