We left this morning, hoping to see the famous 'Colors of the Northeast"... The further inland we went, we found out we were not going to be disappointed! Another item on our list (well, to be honest, on Jean's list) was a covered bridge or two. We scored on all accounts!
Our first two stops were at a couple bridges. Only one is still used today, while the other is just a short distance from the brand new bridge they built to replace So, on this outing we got THREE Bridge Pictures: Babbs Covered Bridge over the Presumscot River, originally built 1843 then rebuilt after a fire and still in use; the Parsonfield-Porter Bridge, over the Ossipee River, originally built 1859 (which the fancy sign gives a different date so who knows) also restored but now is closed to traffic as a new, rather plain bridge was built to replace it! The weather was clear and the wind was still, so we were able to get many 'reflection' pictures on the rivers they crossed.
We continued our journey and headed for the Mt Washington area in New Hampshire. As we traveled further west, well, that's where God's paintbrush really came into play. The hillsides (they don't really have mountains like we do) were bathed in color... while the Evergreens remained their stately green. We eventually arrived in Bretton Woods, at the Omni Mt Washington Resort... A stately old hotel that is photo perfect. Golfing, Hiking, that sort of stuff nearby, which was good, because nothing else is nearby!
Began our return trip home and got back to our digs about 6ish. Gave us time to rest and clean up a bit before we had a great, albeit late, dinner!
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| Babbs Bridge |
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| Still in use! |
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| Bridge is no longer in use... was restored and has a fancy sign now. We found a geocache within the bridge, so that was fun... |
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| The new bridge... so modern and a bit dull! |
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| Headed back on the road up to the Mt Washington area |
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| The colors are starting to show |
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| This guy was on the window when we got back in the car after a photo op. His shadow was something else... now for the rest of the story... I opened my window five miles down the road when we stopped for another pic, and the creep came floating down, right next to me... bad words flew out of my mouth as I tried to move far, far away, yet trying to get him out of the car. I used my phone, smacked him down, and alas, squished him with my shoe on the floor board...RIP |
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| That is Mt Washington in the distance. |
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| Silver Falls |
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