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Mt. Washington

This is a brief interlude to the Frayed Edges fun to return to the summer vacation fun, then I have a ton of stuff I’ve quilted to share… for once!  It has been SO LONG since I’ve been able to make stuff, and it feels SO GOOD… anyway….   after visiting Niagara Falls, we had a full day’s drive to Gorham, New Hampshire.   The weather observatory there sees some of the most wicked weather in the lower 48 states, and the highest recorded wind speed on earth.  It is always fun on the evening local news to see what’s the weather atop 6000-ft. Mt. Washington.

NH Stream

This beautiful stream is just as you cross to the entry gate.  You are greeted by this sign, which I thought was hilarious in a dry-humor sort of way:

Entry shack

And entering the park/facility:

Entry

The road up was wonderful, and you passed from forest to alpine zone remarkably quickly…the treeline in the mountains of the western states seems to be at a much higher elevation.  Here’s the lower part of the road, with lots of deciduous trees:

Mt. Wash road, lower portion

First Scenic view, from passenger-side window:

First Scenic view

Second scenic pull-out…glorious…the sky went on forever…..

second scenic view

Then crossing above treeline…barren!  You can just imagine the winter winds here….

Above treeline

And the first view of the observatory–the low, hunkering, rounded building flat on the top of the mountain:

Mt Wash Observatory

Once you reach the top (we drove, obviously tho you can hike), you can get to the tippy top easily.  Here are the boys and Paul.. it was windy and nippy, about 60, when down at the base of the mountain it was about 80:

P and boys atop Mt. Wash

And rarely enough, a photo with me in it:

Paul and Sarah

Notice the tote…one of these days I’ll take pics and share… my summer sewing treat was to make it.  It’s not for a book, not for a class, but just for fun!  Anyway, back to the trip…. here’s a picture of Eli sitting next to a cairn of rocks someone had built, with the vista:

Eli, rock cairn, vista

And Paul and the boys looking at the signage and the view:

Paul and boys and signage and view

I’ll share some of the totally cool photos in another post… they just prove you can find inspiration anywhere… quilting lines, abstracts, designs…….

2 Responses to “Mt. Washington”

  1. Deborah Says:

    Wonderful. Hey what are those white cylindrical things below the observatory. Just curious.

  2. Nathalie Says:

    Beautifull landscape pictures !