TWIN MOUNTAINS AND GLEN, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Greetings from New Hampshire!  We  have been very busy checking out the leaves and seeing the sites.  On one almost balmy day, we rode to the top of Cannon Mountain in a gondola then did some hiking through the Flume Gorge at Franconia Notch.  The group also took the Cog railway to the top of Mount Washington which, at only 6,000 + feet has some of the highest winds and worst weather recorded on earth.  The day we went to the top was pleasant at the bottom but, when we reached the summit it changed drastically with the temperature falling to about 5 degrees.  It had snowed the day before so I guess we were lucky in that respect AND it was clear.

We also had a tour and an excellent buffet lunch at the Mount Washington Hotel.  It was built in the early 1900's by Mr. Joseph Stickney, who made his money in the coal and railroad industries.  Most of the furnishing are original and with upgrading of the heating and cooling systems, it is now open all year.

Our last activity was a 5 hour ride on the North Conway Scenic Railway through Crawford Notch.  A pleasant day in our dome car to view some of the "color".  

I WISH I COULD SAY THIS IS MY PICTURE BUT IT IS NOT
IT WAS TAKEN IN WILISTON VERMONT BY PAMELA WHITE OF HIGHLAND LAKES
A RESIDENT OF OUR COMMUNITY IN FLORIDA

SOME COLOR 

MOUNT WASHINGTON HOTEL  (OMNI)

ONLY TWO OF THESE CHANDELIERS THE OTHER IS ON THE TITANIC

MAIN DINING ROOM

GETTING OUR BUFFET READY

THE BAR IN THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE HOTEL
PREVIOUSLY THE MAN CAVE

THE BACK OF THE HOTEL

COG RAILWAY IN THE DISTANCE

PICTURES OF THE AN OLD STEAMERS

NOW ONLY RUNNING ONE TRIP A DAY

CURRENT DIESEL/HYDRAULIC  ENGINES

BUILT ON SITE 

TRACK HASN'T CHANGED MUCH
FROM OUR LAST VISIT

EXCEPT NOW HAVE AUTOMATED SWITCHES
INSTEAD OF MANUAL

FROM  NEAR THE TOP

FROM THE TOP

NOT REALLY SNOW - ICE IN THE WINDOW

GOING DOWN

LOOKING TO THE BOTTOM

SUNSET

CONWAY SCENIC RAILWAY

TRAIN APPROACHING

AVC GUEST BOARDING AT OUR WHISTLE STOP

RELAXING IN THE DOME

CRAWFORD NOTCH

GOTCHA BOB

BABY MOOSE

DADDY  MOOSE
POSING WITH MERLEEN  & KEN