We spent a marvelous week plus a day in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and on the coast of Maine. Here are just a few of our adventures:
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Slightly more green than the state we had
left the day before. |
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| Changing colors at Gunstock. |
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Halfway up the trail and the colors really
started to brighten up |
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| Not sure what this was, but it looked cool. |
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| The old rock wall that criss-crossed the trail. |
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Overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee from the top of Gunstock
Mountain Resort. |
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A mile into our first trip over the Kancamagus Highway and we
were already blown away by the color. |
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| Overlooking the White Mountains. |
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| More overlooking. More color. |
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| Beware of the meese. (We didn't see any.) |
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| Did we mention the leaves were amazing? |
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| Good to know. |
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| Turns out 5000' make a difference. |
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| Into the clouds near the summit of Mt. Washington. |
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| Lots of rime. |
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Luckily, the wind that day was only around
25 mph. |
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| A cool view of Wildcat Mountain on the descent. |
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| Once we dropped below the clouds again, the view was incredible! |
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Many locals did a sort of "Pumpkin Drive" (as opposed to a
"Pumpkin Walk") with themed creations using pumpkins. |
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| More lovely leaves at Cannon Mountain. |
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An entirely lovely hike was the first thing
on our list Monday morning. |
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| More awesome colors. |
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| And even more awesome colors and views. |
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| Our cute little motel in Lincoln. |
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| Nubble Lighthouse on a cold, rainy morning. |
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| Another smaller lighthouse we decided to find. |
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| We love us some ocean views. |
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| The beach was covered with hundreds and hundreds of cairns. |
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| Some lovely boats on the Maine coast. |
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Last bite of a rather lovely clam chowder and
Reuben lunch. |
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We considered a quick career change to snag
better parking, but decided it wasn't
worth the hassle. |
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| Portland Headlight was amazing once the storm broke the next day. |
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| Lovebirds on the beach. |
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| Clouds. Wonderful, marvelous clouds. |
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| Kennebunkport was the next stop. |
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| More lovebirds on the beach. |
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| Tee Hee Hee. |
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On the way back to Manchester, we did a quick tour of Exeter, NH,
where some ancestors (the Leavitts) came from. This was the Garrison
House, the oldest in the town that was built in the 1600s. |
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| The Winter Street House of Jeremiah Leavitt, built around 1750. |
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The Winter Street Graveyard in Exeter, NH. Apparently some relations
are buried here, but I don't know who. |
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After a few attempts, we finally found the cemetery where Joseph
Leavitt was buried. |
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| The cemetery. |
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The directions said "look for a brown house by the cemetery". Turns
out every family cemetery on that road had a brown house next to
it. This ended up being the house we were looking for. |
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McIntyre was in a neighborhood so we figured it wasn't too big.
We were right. Look closely and you'll see the top of the lifts. |
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| The classic chair shot at McIntyre. |
