For our anniversary weekend, we decided to head up into the White Mountains. Unfortunately, we didn't plan early enough (6-12 months ahead!) to get a room ANYWHERE in the area. So we decided to make the 100-mile drive through the mountains in one day.
It hit us at the exit we had to take for the start, that peak foliage means tourists, tourists, tourists here! We had to wait about 10 minutes just to get off the exit and could see the cars lined up - all who had the same plans we did. Fortunately, we started the loop in the opposite direction from most, so it wasn't too bad at the beginning.
We saw a TON of NH's greatest attractions and still have so many more to see (we got stuck in traffic toward the end of the loop and it got too dark). The foliage was GREAT for it all!
Indian Head Rock
The Basin - 30 ft in diameter and 15 ft deep.
It began about 25,000 years ago, when the ice age came to a close.
What's left today of The Old Man of the Mountain.
Boise Rock - Thomas Boise was stuck in a snowstorm and couldn't continue his travels. He killed and skinned his horse and slept beneath this rock to stay alive. The next day, searchers found him alive and had to cut the frozen hide off of him with axes to free him.
The Mount Washington Hotel at the foot of Mount Washington - (where we wanted to stay and plan to reserve for our next anniversary) - built in 1902 in a grand manner to attract the fashionable and the rich. It has been host to presidents, royalty and scores of celebrities.
A covered bridge in Bartlett NH built in 1790, which has now become a gift shoppe!
It was a perfect fall day in NH!
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