Plan your trip now to the Quechee Hot Air Balloon Festival and Maine Lobster Festival, along with Boston's best secret spots.

and try to reel in a mate for this spring. This story is a production of the New England News Collaborative and originally aired on New Hampshire Public Radio. This story originally published in 2015.

Did you know that the sun is up for more hours this month than in August? August is summertime, and May is still spring, so it may not seem quite right.