On the first day, we drove by the Mary Baker Eddy house in Rumney and then went up the nearby falls. Our real destination was Franchonia Notch where everything has a price even the $20 per person entrance fee to visit the Flume. Boy, New Hampshire is a different place!
In 2003, the Old Man in the Mountain came tumbling down. So obviously we didn't see this. Disgusted by the price, not able to see the old man, and hoping to get a more authentic hiking experience, we hiked up to Indian Head. It was a nice hike and we had the trail to ourselves after almost being run over by some folks coming down the trail. I guess no one ever told these people to yield to the uphill hikers. Oh well, what (the hell) can you do?
Spent the night in the Woodstock Inn, which I highly recommended to anyone who will be traveling in this area. Very homey/bed and breakfast like. And it includes breakfast. The highlight, of course was watching the locals sing, poorly, before the Karaoke machine and their loved ones.
Dancing at the Summit while the West burns...
The next day, retraced the route I followed last year when I went to Swing Out New Hampshire - over the Kancamagus Highway, through the Albany covered bridge, and onto Conway ( a cheesy tourist town, if there ever was one). Stopping at Sabbaday Falls, we took in the sights.
Sabbaday Falls
Albany Covered Bridge
We then went to Mt. Washington, the tallest mountain on the east coast, where we drove to the top. A private company owns the road to the top. The ride was on a steeply graded road where no bikes are allowed (though a local claims that the road can be ridden early if a friend meets you on top with a car).
Some trees have just begun to turn.
Mt. Washington Cog Railway. $60 per person gets you to the top. A real smoker!
View from the top. Can you see the road? It seems to drop off of the edge in the background.
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