Blogs from White Mountains, New Hampshire, United States, North America

Today we were leaving Stowe and I was quite sad to be leaving as I had really enjoyed the area and could quite happily have stayed for a bit longer. The next stop on the tour was the Kancamagus Highway which was 2 hour drive from our hotel; it was a route I had read about before coming which was supposed to be one of the most scenic drives on the east side of the US. Grant and I set our go-pros to record the whole drive which was spectacular and offered some excellent views of the surrounding areas along the way. Sadly the colours had started to fade from the trees and it was clear that we had missed the best autumn colours by a few weeks at least. On checking the map I could ... read more

Geo: 44.0012, -71.6276Headed off to Loon Mountain to give the girls some fun. Sun's still shining.On on the way we stopped off and saw our first covered bridge 'Albany' (one of the 58 they have). We also walked the Lower Falls and the Basin. There's not a lot of water around as apparently they've been in a drought.Got to Loon Mountain which looked deserted only to find out that they had closed for the season other than the cable car to the top of the mountain. Girls disappointed as we're looking forward to the adventure activities, zip lining, rock climbing etc. So headed off into Lincoln and the girls went to Alpine Adventures, the roping place. We only did the ropes course that was in town, but perhaps we should have done the full zip line, ... read more

More photos at: Picasa url=https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/zRXvI58IMakj0mYWBfWHBtMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlinkimg=https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-H13uEU6luz0/UhqxvnvnaQI/AAAAAAAAB70/VIwQFsz6No0/s288/image127.jpg Making up for lost time, I headed out to do some hiking today. I started out first thing going to the Mt. Washington auto road, but they turned me away because the winds at the top were 93 mph. Instead, I headed to Wildcat Mountain ski area, not to go skiing but because the hike to Thompson Falls starts there. It is not a very long hike to the falls, and I was able to get good pictures of the first two cascades. Both the guidebook (Thanks Kris!) and the sheet I got from the ranger's station suggest that I should have been able to follow the trail higher, but I never foun... read more

Travel, like life, rarely goes exactly as planned. On this trip, I got something quite different than expected, initially worse but ultimately far better. This weekend, I planned to hike the White Mountains in October foliage for the first time in several years. The hiking time to a vista and back nearly matches the amount of daylight available this time of year, so I need to camp out the night before. Lots of other people have the same idea, so spots must be reserved months in advance. That means taking a risk with the notorious White Mountain weather;the range sits where three weather systems collide and has some of the worst weather in the world. On the drive up, it appeared I had rolled snake eyes. Rain was falling in sheets, from a wave of thunderstorms ... read more

I am just back from working at a summer camp in America! I was working at an All Girls camp in New Hampshire! It was amazing! The camp was a small, private, non- competitive camp up in the White Mountains. I was the arts and crafts counselor as well as a cabin counselor! Day to Day live at camp was tiring but so much fun! I was teaching around 5 lessons a day - but its hardly difficult - just give the kids some glitter, pipe cleaners and gem stones and they can be kept entertained for hours! The special days at camp were so good, especially 4th of July! It is such an experience being able to be in America for such a special occasion. We all got dressed up in the colours of our ... read more