Vermont - New Hampshire Road Trip 29 - 31 July

20140728 094800 28 July I took the train from Union Station 20140729 153510 On 29 July we entered Vermont 20140729 153630 at a very classy Welcome Center 20140729 182450 Dinner that night in St. Johnsbury
20140729 185222 was delicious: my order of something like eggplant parmesan 20140730 082231 The next morning at White Mountain Cafe in Gorham NH 20140730 102555 Wicked good! 20140730 105105 There are many Quebecers who come to the Presidentials
20140730 105126 Everyone markets the "worst weather in America" 20140730 105904 The AMC has a wonderful facility at Pinkham, much changed in 50 years 20140730 110739 Perhaps I will make models of mountains when I retire DSCN1894 Mt. Adams looks more like a mountain than I remember.
DSCN1873 From the top, ranges to the south DSCN1874 Clouds in Tuckerman Ravine DSCN1875 Parking lots filling up on top DSCN1876 The famous roof held on with chains
DSCN1879 An old hotel -The Tip Top House, the true summit and the end of the Sherman Adams Visitor Center DSCN1881 The Tip Top House was remarkably like a cabane! DSCN1882 The tables were round not square DSCN1889 A line forms for all the people wishing to be photographed at the summit
DSCN1880 Hard to imagine a hiking trail in 1819 (though how different could it be?) DSCN1878 The end of the cog railway DSCN1890 The inside of the Sherman Adams Visitor Center DSCN1883 A different kitchen arrangement, this in the Washington Observatory
DSCN1884 Mom makes herself very much at home in the WMO living quarters DSCN1887 Many antennas on this highest mountain DSCN1888 The White Mountains stretch into the distance DSCN1885 We stayed in the Lakes of the Cloud hut and I even swam in the lake itself
DSCN1886 The frost shattered rocks of the summit cone DSCN1891 The day brightened as we returned to the car. DSCN1893 The cog railway train approaching the summit DSCN1895 The view toward Vermont and Mt. Mansfield
20140730 165437 Gawkage opportunity (notice the dress of the girls) 20140730 165550 Everyone stopped to see a moose cow 20140730 165557 and her calf. There were a lot of Moose Crossing signs. 20140730 184042 Fast forward to dinner at 10 Railroad St. in Morristown
20140730 190809 We cleaned our plates and answered all the trivia questions. 20140731 075026 31 July - The Bagel Store specializing in Nespresso in Stowe 20140731 075047 Truly illuminated DSCN1897 Mt. Greylock from Stafford Hill
DSCN1899 The Greylock range DSCN1896 The Memorial itself constructed in 1927 DSCN1898 to commemorated events 150 years earlier at the Battle of Bennington DSCN1900 Some things above bore greater attention.
DSCN1901 1 August the train back to DC