Mt Washington Valley Inn North Conway

Wake up, look out our window, it's raining. Shower, dress, look out the window it’s SNOWING. Today was like a nice relaxing Sunday drive through paradise. First we went to the Flume Visitors Center, in the Franconia Notch State Park, for a movie about the geography of the area.

http://www.visitnh.gov/flume/in dex.html

We then traveled on the Kancamagus Highway, one of the National scenic byways. We saw rain, snow and ...

... and an Artist Studio are the only three businesses in town and all owned by an ex-California who fell in love with the town and moved his family there. The General Store is registered as the oldest, continuously operating general store in the country. Walking through the front door was entrance to the visual treat of a lifetime.

The art studio – www.pursleyart.com - is also owned by a ...

... myself thinking that he would have loved to have had the chance to paint this landscape.

The following day we drove further North and West, via Bennington county, famous for its covered bridges which we really loved. The weather remained doggedly grey and we were slightly disappointed that we were missing out on some of the brilliance of the Fall hues but the landscape we were driving through was extremely beautiful and the colours of ...

... pictures from the top. The biodesiel train ride was really neat too, at one point it is actually pointed up at a 37 degree angle. When you stand up on the train you have to lean so far forward so you don’t fall over. Amazing views and a nice relaxing way to get to the top of the mountain!

Continue to check back as we will update this travelblog as we go places. We have a weekend of basketball planned for November in Providence and a trip to Germany over Christmas vacation!

... en los bordes de la carretera con los cables colgando (los palos también de madera, claro), señales que te advierten que un alce se puede cruzar en la carretera y pocas, pocas ciudades.

Wolfeboro es un pueblo más auténtico si cabe ya que parece un destino turístico de los años 60: tiendas de helados, niños con caras de inocentes atendiendo los restaurantes y heladerías, casas enormes, barquitas y barcas y una tranquilidad que se contagia con la respiración. Tras ...

Every June the Mt Washington Auto Road becomes a motorcycle only road. And every year I think about making the trek. With my new Victory Vision this is the year I finally ascended to the highest point in New England.
I stayed at the HI Hostel in Conway - it's a reliable place, close to restaurants and you can meet some interesting folks there.
The next ...

Today is our last night in the campground before we head down to Plymouth to pick up Morgan and Coralyn ! I have missed them and look forward to everything they have experienced over the past days ! We are just going to stay in the chuch parking lot tomorrow night as they have to be picked up Sat am at 7am ! We will head south right away towards ...

... we are up to - By the way - I won the golf ! Big accomplishment against 3 children ! I have not heard from Morgan and Coralyn at Plymouth University so I guess that means all is good - well only 2 more days of R&R before we hit the trail to Boston ! Thank you everyone for the emails - we miss all of you, love you and thank you for your prayers for a safe journey !

Posted by Tracy

Well, it is amazing how this whole trip we have had trouble getting Morgan and Coralyn up each morning to get ready for traveling (you know - dressed, put bedding away, breakfast !) and yet the morning of EFY - WOW - 6:30 am they are up and armed with the straightener !! Look out Plymouth, New Hampshire ! It was very sweet getting them registered with the other few hundred youth and settled in at their University dorm - which by the way, was ...

... Everyone was saying it was alright and loads of people were waiting for me on the other side of the river....except thinking about it the only people who had managed to swim across the rapids to that side instead of coming out on the beach side of the river were the girls who work in our swim department, most of whom are lifeguards...duh. So I plucked up the courage... I jumped in, got towed along in the water by the rapids and started swimming across, trying to make my way ...