Three reasons to be here on this trip. One, to photograph the campus signs at nearby New England College in Henniker. Two, to spend a night in a second town of New Hampshire -- a travel goal is to spend a night in at least two towns for every state, remaining are Rhode Island (second town), Alaska (second town), and, Hawaii (yet to visit that state).

Third reason is to check out the town to see if this is a place I want to live in retirement. New Hampshire is one of the very best tax-friendly states for retirees. However, its winters are long (five months) and cold with LOTS of snow (over six feet per winter)). Ideally, I could live here mid-April to mid-October, then move to somewhere such as Tallahassee Florida for the winter months. That way, I can continue to do family history research in New England.

After spending three hours driving around Concord and looking at various things, I found that I really like the town and could easily live there -- IF -- and that is a BIG --I-F--, I never had to leave town. Even at 9:00 am on a weekday there were very few cars around on the streets, including downtown. I was stunned.

Driving to Boston should take and hour and a half tops but with traffic, especially traffic jams, that time can expand to upwards of three hours. In fact, after leaving Concord heading back to Boston, I encountered a traffic jam a few miles short of the NH - MA border that delayed me about an hour. THAT was the final straw that told me that I have ZERO DESIRE to live with that type of lifestyle -- sitting in traffic so often. A person could lose hundreds of hours of their life to traffic james. So if I want to do further family history research in Boston, I will have to fly to town as a visitor.