I've often mentioned my gps, without which I wouldn't be able to pursue this blogging hobby. It's a quirky bit of technology. Quirk #1, it does not say "recalculating" when I miss a turn or otherwise go astray. Instead it quietly does the recalculating and sends me on a corrected route, often without me noticing. Quirk #2, it avoids highways. I taught it to do this; in most situations I don't care for highway driving. But this leads to Quirk #3, I'm unable to teach it to avoid unpaved roads. New Hampshire has a lot of unpaved roads. They can be tricky; they start out paved, or at least solid, and suddenly schlooop ..... it's mud season. All that to tell you that I had quite a time getting to Meriden!
Once there I found an attractive building that looks as if the exterior is almost complete; I saw someone leave, so I guess that interior work is being completed.
I took a few pictures, then headed to my next stop. I. headed along the way I had been going and quickly found...more mud! This time I was lucky, as a woman was in front of her house. In fact, she was the person I'd seen leaving the Meriden library minutes before. I explained my predicament and she first had me turn 180 degrees, back the way I had come. [Thank you, gps...not.] Then she dictated several steps and landmarks, and I got back on firm ground and was on my way.
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Sorry about the "verification" step; I added it after a rash of spammish comments.