Friday marked the end of 3 weeks on the road!! We celebrated with a glass of bubbly this
morning, along with our coffee, and the obligatory 90 minutes of cat walks with
the kitties in the woods chasing chipmunks...
We decided to leave the kitties home today and headed out
for a driving tour (not like we haven’t done enough driving, but one has to
explore when one has the chance). We
headed to Fryeburg which is essentially on the Maine/New Hampshire border. We
hung out in the traffic going to the annual Country Fair, and quickly crossed that
off our list of things to do. We didn’t
go anywhere near the actual Fair...
We took a tour through Conway, North Conway and East Conway
(which are all different towns!) looking for a Visitor Info Centre. Lots of pretty scenery.
We drove the White Mountain scenic loop – from Conway on the
SE corner of the loop – north to Glen and west to Cannon Mtn on Hwys 302 &
3, south to Lincoln and east on the Kancamagus Hay (#112) back to Lincoln. We did a nice hike at Flume Gorge, and
enjoyed a lovely kiss on the Albany Covered Bridge (they’re called “kissing
bridges”... it’s a rule!!) and we saw 4 ski hill areas – Attitash, Bretton
Woods, Cannon Mountain and Loon Mountain –the latter of which was really the
only “mountain” we saw. The countryside
is very pretty, and the colours this time of year are really gorgeous, but the
drive made us appreciate Calgary’s proximity to the majestic rockies. We are so very lucky to live where we do (for
lots of reasons!).
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| One of the ski hills (mountains) we passed. |
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| Pumpkin Teddy Bears... in downtown (Central) Conway. |
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| One of the many "Notch" State Parks we passed through |
The White Mountain area contained several State Parks representing the “notches” or passes thru the mountains.
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| Lovely colours on the hillside |
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| The Flume Gorge... complete with waterfall & glacial boulders. |
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| The Albany covered bridge over Swift River; one of many covered bridges in the area |
The area is very lovely with lots to see and do. But we can only do so much in a day! Tomorrow starts our 4th week on the road... onward
all your trip sounds exciting, any cramped space symptoms yet?
ReplyDeleteWell... yes. It's been raining for a couple of days, and 375 sq.ft. is small for kitties used to running up and down stairs in a large house. We have perfected the art of kitty wand toys - and the laser toy running up and down the walls. It helps keep the energy down in the cats - and it exercises us as well. It's a large trailer, but a small space for 2 people and 2 cats... so far no casualties...
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