Blogs from New Hampshire, United States, North America - page 25

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 the battle route to the Minute Man statue and the North Bridge, famous for "the shot heard 'round the world." The resistance here caused the inevitable break with England. "We are standing at the heart of American history," I thought. Thoreau's cabin on Walden Pond was nearby. In Boston, we took in the Old North Church and Paul Revere's home. Two lanterns hanging in the church ... read more

Obfuscator writes: We left our campsite at Acadia at about 7:30 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 Bangor, and south to Augusta, where we stopped to take a look at the Maine State Capitol. The Maine State House is pretty from the exterior. It's not as pretty as Wisconsin's, but nicer than many we've seen. A nice lady at the front desk told us all the cool things to see inside, and so we spent about an hour ... read more

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 “World’s Worst Weather,” according to conventional wisdom and L.L. Bean TV commercials. Alas, our first attempt failed; the road was closed halfway up due to 70 mph winds and blowing snow. We were successful the second day, as we rode the Cog Railroad instead. With steady clicks, the cog engine pushed us slowly up the mountain. Near the top, we spied a few hikers on the Appalachian Trail. The scenery had changed from fall foliage and pines to only rime ice and rocks above the tree line. Rime ice, we learned, is actually frozen fog. It takes shape ... read more

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 wi-fi, 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. First we took a lovely hike on a tow path at Weedport. Try to imagine the commerce of the time needing canals to transport goods to factories by mules. I kept looking for Sal. Donna and her team emerged from the bus and she invited us to walk the course with them as a warm up (for them) and a good stretch ... read more

We’ve 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 first-timer we highly recommend spending at least 2 days ( we still have a lot of places to see in the region which we’ve chalked up for next time) From Boston, you basically get on to I-93 and keep going straight for 135 miles (or 217 km). It could have been an incredibly monotonous journey save for the fact that New Hampshire really is a lush green and beautiful state. Franconia ... read more