A Perfect Mother's Day to Breathe in NH

Today, we took a day trip to the south coast area of New Hampshire. We stopped for lunch at The Friendly Toast in Portsmouth, NH. It's a funky restaurant that serves breakfast all day. Alex ate his star shaped blueberry pancake in record time. After lunch, we headed to the Seacoast Science Center in Rye, NH. The Seacoast Science Center is at the end of the point in Odiorne Point State Park. The weather was perfect to walk the loop around the park right near the ocean. Inside the science center, there is a blue lobster, the skeleton of a humpback whale, and a touch tank.

I found out about the Seacoast Science Center from the Breathe New Hampshire Fun Pass. The Fun Pass is a book that offers free admission to attractions around new england sold by Breathe New Hampshire, a nonprofit health group. Most of the passes are for a free children's admission with the purchase of an adult ticket. I buy the Fun Pass for the free Story Land admission and free child's ticket on the Conway Scenic Railroad. We usually visit both places on our annual vacation to NH. The $30 price for the Fun Pass book is less expensive than the price of both tickets so it makes sense to buy it. Any of the other passes that we use are just gravy. The added benefit is that it makes us aware of attractions in new england that we might not know about like the Seacoast Science Center.