Headed for the coast

So do you know where this anchor is located? Not in my front yard, and not at the lake.
I've been wanting to head for the coast for the last few months, but never got around to it until today. A perfect day for a motorcycle ride. I rode through the Northwood area where a tornado devestated several homes a couple weeks ago. You can get a bird's eye view even just passing Harvey Lake. Very eerie. You can see the swath of downed trees, and destruction. Much of it has been cleared near Rte. 4, but you can see what happened.

I drove through Portsmouth and made a stop at the Wentworth-Coolidge mansion. Clearly a yankee built creation. I tried to imagine how many additions had been completed on this house. I counted at least five. The house is opened to the public on Wednesdays, so unfortunately I could not go in. But I am really curious as to the strange tall peak in the middle of the house. It looks weird to be flat on one side like that. This side of the house faces the bay, where you can see the Portsmouth Naval shipyard. The large anchor is right next to the water. There was no plaque or information about it, or the ship it came from. In fact I didn't find any information about the house either! But I did enjoy sitting by the salt water again. I have never gotten enough of that ocean air. It IS one of my favorite things. On the way home I had to make a stop at Johnsons along Rte 4, because they have the largest small ice cream cones next to Kimball's in Jaffrey. With temps in the high 80's today, I had to get a dish to catch all the melting ice cream. The flavor? Chocolate Chip...Yum.