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White Mountains

Day 6 - 23rd September 2014

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Mount Washington & Pinkham Notch

Mountains, Streams & Reddening Leaves

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Our last day in New Hampshire's White Mountains before the drive into Maine and on to Acadia National Park.

Miche in the room...


Cranmore room



On the Veranda at the Cranmore Inn...


Cranmore veranda



Traditional New England styling...

Cranmore clapboard


Mount Washington Auto Road
Mount Washington

6288 feet high on the Appalachian Trail and with a reputation for extreme winds.

The view from halfway up...

Mt Washington 1



On what was a calm day for this part of the White Mountains, the wind was still strong enough to blow you off balance - Miche battling through the stunted trees...

Mt Washington 2



It had snowed the night before, so we weren't allowed to drive to the very top - which means I feel a bit of a fraud owning the traditional bumper sticker below...


Bumper sticker
 



Miche by the side of stream we passed on the way back to North Conway...

Miche river




Leaf




River



At first I was a little skeptical of this chap's chances of catching anything in the small clear pools...
River 2


However, he soon proved me wrong with a little trout...

Trout



Paul river




River 3


This was probably the most vividly red tree that we saw...

Red tree 1



Red tree 2



Pinkham Notch

Pinkham Notch



After we'd failed to find a moose the evening before, we decided to stake out this likely looking pond, but alas we left the White Mountains & New Hampshire Moose-less - still a beautiful beaver pond though...

Moose pond



Another rock-hugging set of roots...

Tree



Tree fungi...

Tree fungi



More reddening leaves in the dappled woodland light...

Leaf



Next stop - day 7 - Acadia National Park

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Day 4 - RI & Dunstable Day 5 - N Hampshire - Franconia Day 6 - NH Leaves
Day 7 - Acadia NP - Jordan Pond Day 8 - Acadia - Mt Dorr Day 9 - Lobster & Red Sox
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