Today we went to New Hampshire to explore some historic forts and – I hoped – some tidepools. Unfortunately for me, when we arrived at Fort Constitution, I was greeted by this lookout.

No, the concrete wasn’t the problem. This was:

Those little white birds are terns. When you go near their territory, they dive-bomb you and poop on you. Not conducive to peaceful contemplation of nature’s beauty. So instead we went to Fort Stark and checked out something else.

Battery Hunter

Battery Hayes

Battery Lytle

Interesting history, and a lot of street art.

There was even a little bit of a wetland ecosystem going on in the old battery.

Keep going up above Hell

Keep going up far above Hell.