Boomer & Friends 2012 travel blog

Driving to Bretton Woods

Roadside View of the Mt.Washington Hotel

Explains it all

White Mts. in the background

Reminds us of Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island

One of the longest porches of any hotel

Beautiful entry

No valet for us, we need the exercise

One of the many stairways

Beautiful indoor pool

One of the many porches

Our view from our lunch table

They have their own post office

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Front desk

Parlor

Arches and stain glassed transoms

Bullwinkle the Moose

Ceiling of the rotunda ballroom

Birthday luncheon for Barbara.

Patti and Ron.

George & Toni

Jim & Linda.

Carol, George & Toni.

The outdoor pool is way down below

More veranda seating

Unique shop we visited last year

looks like a Hansel and Gretel House

Now that's a "big Spider"

A twig raven

Too bad they were closed by the time we got there

One lane covered bridge

Covered bridge close-up

All the covered bridges are numbered

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Not much water movement due to little snow this past winter

Tickets are almost as much as Disney!!

Storyland...

More Storyland...

Another covered bridge that is a gift shop, darn, it's closed too!

Our drive back to the campground

Lots of granite on the mountain sides

"Silver Falls", still not the usual rushing water

The following photos were taken on the Cog Railway .

 

On the way to the peak of Mt. Wahington.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We can see Russia from here, NOT!

We CAN see Canada though.

7 States are visable on a clear day.

 


RV's parked today: 0 miles. Total Trip miles 1678

Well, here we are at Twin Mountain, New Hampshire. This is our 4th stay at this KOA campground, nestled at the foot of Cherry Mountain, which is part of the White Mountain chain. This region is fairly remote from activity except for skiing and dog sledding in the winter and taking the cog railroad tour to the top of Mt. Washington in the summer.

Siblings, Patti, Barb and Jim chose to take the railroad tour to the top for a 3 state view, when you go, you take your chances that it will be clear when you reach the summit. The highest recorded winds in the world have been recorded there. Since we have taken the cog railroad up before, I chose to stay back for a mountain road walk and an exciting morning with the washer and dryer. Even though it seems like we are on vacation, when you take your house with you, there is always work to be done. I’ve yet to convince George to take along a maid and cook! HA!

After the group returned from the top of the mountain, we all met at the beautiful Mount Washington resort to celebrate Barb’s birthday. This magnificent hotel (now owned by the Omni Corp.) was built in 1828 and recently went through a 50 million dollar renovation. In the early 1940’s, it was the site of the signing of the International Monetary Fund Agreement that was later put in to effect at the United Nations. The creaky wooden floors and beautiful antiques are a unique setting to view the White Mountains, especially from the wicker seated veranda.

After a delicious lunch, (Carol and Jim got a head start on Maine, by having the Lobster with macaroni and cheese.) we took a drive to see a few covered bridges. The day had warmed up too much for a campfire tonight as we had the previous night. Its going to be a little warmer then usual until Sat., when it’s supposed to be in the 70’s.

Tomorrow, we are off to our favorite state, Maine. We will be staying in Boothbay Harbor for 4 days until we go north to Camden.

Stay tuned boys and girls!


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