Coffee, breakfast, lunch, & dinner in four different states. 100% chance of rain & 20° colder than I had packed for us didn’t deter us one bit!
Massachusetts (coffee)
We started our morning off with coffee in Winchester at “The Fuller Cup” of course, before starting our exploring of three new to us states.
New Hampshire (breakfast)
We had breakfast at Colby’s in the downtown historic district of Portsmouth. Shared a delish breakfast of corned beef hash, eggs, and blueberry pancakes. 
Then walked up and down the main strip exploring several shops and grabbing a coffee to go at Breaking Grounds before heading to our next destination. I think it reminded me of a more low key version of Austin with lots of artwork on various buildings.
We really enjoyed this little town. So many old unique buildings.
And I thought this bridge was really cool until I discovered I had to cross it to get into Maine. 
Maine (lunch)
The rain started to pick up some as we entered Maine. We headed to the town of Portland. I had read about the bridge with “locks of love” like in Paris.
But before you love birds pack up and road trip to Portland, Maine let me fill you in on a little tidbit. It’s no longer anything like the beautiful images you find on Pinterest or Google image searches, ha ha. Just like Paris the weight of the locks started to cause damage on the bridge. So the city commissioned a local artist to make a railing that was both artsy and would also deter folks from declaring their love for each other on this bridge with this neat blue wavy railing as seen below. They did however, keep a portion of the fence and place it very close by, so there is still hope for you after all. 
That little white building on the water is “Portland Lobster Co” and where we headed for lunch for our Maine lobstah roll. I think we were both a little surprised to discover it was cold lobster on that bread. But fresh seafood being delivered to them twice daily made it a very fresh sandwich. We did a little more roaming of streets with our trusty umbrella.
Then we drove up the road to the town of Cape Elizabeth to take in the beauty of the Portland headlight.
George Washington dedicated this light house to the coast guard. It was an incredible sight to see before hoping back in the car and driving two states over for dinner and more sight seeing.
Vermont (dinner)
What an absolutely scenic drive. We drove through mountains, lost phone signals, past a beach moment’s after seeing signs for a ski lift. It’s was rocky, hilly, tons of greenery. Just beautiful. I think our only regret was not having more day light hours there. Even the rain didn’t fade our excitement of all we were taking in together.
There is no shortage of steeples in this part of the country. Really we’ve already seen countless. Something about this one reminds me of the St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter.
We had dinner in Brattleboro, Vermont at a hip little place called Hazel. Some how we enjoyed every meal we’ve had today! 
I think the thing I was most excited about in Vermont was being able to take in the beauty of this 138 year old covered bridge, “The Creamery”, just off of Route 9.
Some how it made both of us think of the movie Beatlejuice. We drove about five our more hours today, but it didn’t really feel like it. Four states in one day. A different meal in each state. So many beautiful sights. Rain or shine, such beautiful places to visit.
