Chapman Inn
Travel Blogs from Bethel
Durch das Hinterland von Maine
Heute Nacht hat uns dann doch endlich eine Regenfront erwischt. Tief hängen die dicken Wolken zwischen den Bergen um den Moosehead Lake. Es lohnt sich also nicht, noch für einen Wandertag hier oben zu bleiben. Spontan entscheiden wir uns für Bethel als nächstem Ziel. Das liegt auch noch in Maine, aber schon in den White Mountains. Wir sind gespannt …
Ein Herbsttag in den Bergen
Nicht übertrieben hat der Herr des Hauses mit seiner Frühstücks-Ankündigung: was hier aufgetischt wird, stellt alles auf dieser Reise dagewesene in den Schatten! Auf einem Büffet stehen zwei Sorten frisches Brot sowie Muffins (alles selbst gebacken), dazu eine Auswahl an Obst und Cereals. In der Küche brutzelt Fred Omelette mit Cheddar Cheese aus …
Scenery For the Soul
... full fall colour.
Today we start the day early in Lake Placid. The sun is out and the air is crisp as we set off for North Conway in the White Mountain National Forest Park in New Hampshire. I’d forgotten how beautiful this area is. The first town we get to is Westport, NY and as we cruise through we write down on a piece of paper - "Westport – we could live here one day". This is going to be ...
'To Mount Washington and Back' to tell the tale
... most exciting bit of the trip was now in sight, the drive up to the peak of Mount Washington, which stands at 6218 feet and has the record of the highest wind speed ever measured on land, on the earth at 232 mph. It could actually have been greater than this, but the machine measuring it broke at that point!
The landscape was still very pretty, but was changing, into more farmland, than forest.
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Snowing!
Had a great, spirited conversation after breakfast with the owners of the Inn in Bethel, and got a late start after doing laundry, and not even 20 miles from there, as we were going through Gorham, New Hampshire, it began to snow lightly. We had initially planned to drive into the trail head of Mt. Washington (6288 ft) and hike part of the trail and/or hike part of the Appalachian Trail nearby, but it ...
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