http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , New Hampshire en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:02:28 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:02:28 BST I was hoping to catch a sunrise at the summit early morning today. And by early I mean 330 am. That was when the gate was opened to visitors. This isn't a routine it happens only 3 times a year and we just happened to be there on one of those days. Doug was kind of hoping the same but we both knew how we are like when it comes to getting up that early. Yeah I guess you know we didn't make it. W http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/White-Mountains/blog-300241.html About 2.5hour drive from Boston and we were in Franconia New Hampshire. We have already entered White Mountain National Forest and all I can tell is that it's huge and there are several places to visit waterfalls view points trails caves and forest. I definitely have things to keep me busy when I'm here again. Lost River Gorge just a few miles off of route 3 to the west belongs to a priva http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/White-Mountains/blog-299752.html Hello EveryoneSo right now I am sitting at home just having said good bye to my friends and am now waiting for my parents to get done doing whatever it is they are doing. In about 30 minutes we shall be heading off to the airport...ahh I have never traveled to a different country by myself before and I am very anxiousscared My travel time is almost 24 hours from the time I leave Boston MA and http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/Manchester/blog-298526.html So it has been a long and arduous journey UP the clyde river which is very labryinthine and swampy and beaverish and slow moving. You definitely get to see a lot of river birds we saw some hawks ospreys and a bald eagle and it is kind of easy to get turned around but after a long day of oxbows reeds blowdowns lots of trees in front of the river lillypads and rain we made it twenty miles http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/White-Mountains/blog-291228.html Day 14Indy 500 daySo last night we went to the local brewery to locate a TV to watch the race on and to make sure they would be open for the race and of course they offered both.So the race was watched at the Woodstock Brewery from 1145AM until 5PM. Yes if you do the match correctly that is sitting at the bar for OVER 5 HOURS The waitress did inform us that if the Red Sox game c http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/White-Mountains/blog-280500.html Day 12 13Yesterday Friday we drove from Maine to New Hampshire. We left Maine around 9AM and headed West. We dodged a lot of dark clouds and then came around the corner of a mountain and it was so dark that we knew that we were not going to out drive that store. So we stopped on the shoulder of the road and Matt duct taped around the front fold out so that we would not take on water inside http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/blog-279778.html Here we are with the car all packed up ready for an adventure. As sad as it was to leave there was lots of excitement in store for the next few days and that kept us going. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/blog-275104.html Ok so I'm off to Kabeyun for one more year This'll be the last big trip for a long time.Afterwards in US I haven't decided yet I'll leave it up to whatever I feel like just like last year. Ideas at the moment either go to FloridaNew Orleans Vegas San Diego. Or go to Arizona hike Grand Canyon San Diego San Francisco againI fly out June 5th fly to Boston arriving early on the 6th a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/blog-272709.html Hi EveryoneWell there is one week left before I am a Caribbeaner... AAAHHHHTo keep you all posted I have moved out of my apartment in Boston and am back home in NH. I without a doubt will be missing Boston but it is nice to spend a few days at home before I leave. I only hope my Jeep holds out for another week.... So this is basically the last move before Dominica. Having said that I ha http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/blog-270615.html Please read the following 2 blogs. For our trip to New Hampshire this February. Here are a couple of our other pictures. After the snow fall on Saturday we hit the Xcountry trails again. This time on a tracked and groomed open field. Moat Mountain Pub and microbrewery was a stop after our skiing and snowshoeing. We also took a ride up to Jackson and the Eagle Mountain House for a beer and reminisc http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/blog-249759.html It was time to take a ski adventure. For 14 years we and some of our best friends rented a ski house in West Dover Vermont. That was 2 years ago so having the urge to ski my friends Ann Anna decided we need to have a mid week getaway. They recommended the Stonehurst Manor. What a great get away. A nice change and a great few days. A cozy and warm fireplace breakfast and hot coffee ready in the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/blog-249748.html My parents and I journeyed to my sister's house in Nashua New Hampshire in September 1987. We spent time in Massachusetts. The trip marked my first experience in New England. From Nashua the ride down to Boston is a short one. We wasted no time getting to the suburbs of Lexington and Concord. This is where the American Revolution began in 1775. We drove by Lexington Green and proceeded along th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/blog-233097.html Danforth Bay RV Resort in Freedom was a great place to spend a few days in October. Our campsite overlooked a peaceful lake surrounded with brilliant fall foliage. We attempted to drive up Mt. Washington home of the ldquoWorldrsquos Worst Weatherrdquo according to conventional wisdom and L.L. Bean TV commercials. Alas our first attempt failed the road was closed halfway up due to 70 http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/White-Mountains/blog-227568.html Dear all Sorry this has been a long time coming We've kinda been away from civilisation for a while....Anyhoo so far so good New York was nuts completley crazy but lots of fun An MM shop with four floors...only in America Thanksgiving parade was pretty cool and was a beautiful warm day to watch too. Couldn't go up the Empire State building though because there was no visibilty... doh Th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/blog-223572.html Obfuscator writes We left our campsite at Acadia at about 730 AM and sadly the Ranger was already there to take our money. We drove to Bar Harbor one more time to take a look around in a nice sunny day and visit the post office before getting underway for New Hampshire once again. We drove a different way this time to avoid going through the pothole ridden Hwy 1. This route took us past B http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/blog-215890.html Obfuscator writes Since we were perfectly legally camping we wasted no time in leaving our legitimate site in the morning. Onaxthiel adds Yup. I woke him up at dawn for standto so we'd be ready for the French and Indian attacks. Our gear got stashed in its traditional place in the backseat and we headed back toward some of the places we had been unable to take in the night before namely http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/Franconia/blog-214853.html Dear Friends Family to the west of us that's a lot of territory although we are now in the beautiful White Mts. of New Hampshire I must take you all back a few days...been busy no wifi no electricity and looking at new vistas . From Niagara not Viagra Falls we drove on the NY Thruway 90 our 1st toll road to arrive in Syracuse NY in time for Donna Cappellano's crosscountry meet. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/White-Mountains/blog-208805.html The majestic White Mountains always are awe inspiringMY family always take a summer family camping trip and this year we decided to venture into the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire. We stayed in the Crawford Notch area and the views were nothing short of amazing we were able to visit waterfallsmountains gorges and swim in the Saco river. I have never been so high up at night http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/White-Mountains/blog-208320.html Updated Trips activities 26th October.NB I'm probably going to update it whenever I remember things there's so much trying to keep it shortOk so here it is this site's server crashed early August and they lost everything I had uploaded which i got pissed about. Recently checked and its all back so it's all good.I was in the Owls cabin which are th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/blog-206167.html Sunday September 2nd 2007. Darrinrsquos elation continued into Sunday when he paddled the marvelous Androscoggin River.The Androscoggin is characterized by big deep highvolume rapids with few rocky obstacles. These rapids are a joy to paddle itrsquos a lot like flying one can ride the wave trains without much maneuvering around obstacles. This is the kind of whitewater that most p http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/White-Mountains/blog-200449.html Saturday September 1st 2007 Continued. The gentleman was named Larry and Darrin learned all about him and his family on the ride to Larryrsquos farm. Larryrsquos wife a nurse was named Janet and his grandson was named Liam. Larry had three chocolate labs one black lab and two cats. Darrin didnrsquot catch all the petsrsquo names but Shamus Murphy and Mariah stood out in hi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/White-Mountains/blog-200445.html Saturday September 1st 2007. Along the Nulhegan River New Hampshire. After Fridayrsquos exhausting riverbed dragging Darrin started the day with a new resolve. He left his campsite on the Nulhegan portaged back to the East Fork of the Nulhegan and then portaged over to the Connecticut River. The Connecticut was most likely to have a runnable water level.His decision was clearly valida http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/White-Mountains/blog-199445.html Friday August 31st 2007 Island Pond Vermont. Darrin awoke to wind and a cloudy sky. He began the day by crossing Island Pond and portaging three miles over a height of land to Nulhegan Pond. From there he paddled into the Nulhegan River where he would start an eagerly anticipated stint of downriver paddling.It was immediately apparent that ldquoRiverrdquo was an overstatement. That p http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/White-Mountains/blog-199442.html Wersquove been in Boston for 3 months now and after exploring a lot of places near Boston and Rhode Island we were itching to head further north. The Labor Day weekend was just the opportunity we were waiting for. So we decided to drive up to the White Mountains Region in New Hampshire. Its a little over 2 hrs away from Boston and for a firsttimer we highly recommend spending at least 2 days http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/White-Mountains/blog-198856.html Day 3....Back up....Day one Burlington Vermont We got to the Magic Hat Brewery just in time do some taste testing. Once they kicked us out yeah we closed down the place we headed off to the lakefront to meet up with Nick and two of his friends. We ate some Mexican had some more beer and then headed out to the swinging benches on the water. After a late night listening to some good tune http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/blog-192922.html Can't believe there is only one more week left of camp The site crashed so my entries were lost but now they're back but my photo and comments are gone Alot has happened since I wrote last...So last day off when I wrote... 24707 we went to Otter brook Dam a little lake with a beach so it was nice and relaxing.Had another skit night with our bunks ours was awful...Started to get on quite wel http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/Keene/blog-191013.html So I'm in Manchester. And... yeah. There was a girl a couple years younger than me at the front desk of my hotel so I asked her what to do tonight. She looked me up and down and said I don't mean to be rude but how old are you I don't know if I looked young or too old to go to bars... or if she was checking me out to decide if she wanted to invite me somewhereShe started talking about http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/Manchester/blog-190794.html Time is flying by.....We're already in the last session of the summer there are 4 sessions of 2 weeks then one week of family camp and my camp summer is already over with a few days of traveling around the US before heading back to the Netherlands.Some personal highlights were Olympic Day in 2nd session and going to Hampton Beach NH on International Staff Day Off. Olympic Day is as the nam http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/blog-189947.html