New England
On Tuesday we left Boston behind and made the three hour drive up to North Conway at the edge of the White Mountains National Park. Despite all the research before the holiday I missed that it was bike week. Thousands of motorcycles had descended on the area to drive up Mt Washington and enjoy the view from the top.
We went up the 6,882ft on Wednesday. Tany drove the 8 miles to the top where we enjoyed the view out across the mountain range. Some interesting facts: the strongest wind ever recorded was on the top of the mountain in 1934, 231 mph. There’s a hotel at the top – now a museum – and one of the buildings is tied down with chains to stop it blowing away (kind of reassuring).
Yesterday we drove out to Bar Harbor on the coast of Maine. We were hoping to go out Whale and Seal watching, but the weather has become progressively worse and since the middle of the afternoon we’ve had solid rain. So instead, it was a quick look around the Whale museum last night, and today out to look at a museum dedicated to the life of Lobsters. Actually, pretty interesting. We’ve both faced the challenge of eating them too.
So tonight we’re hiding in from the weather before driving back to Boston tomorrow and facing the challenge of tickets for a Red Sox gaem.
