lumpskie
Independent Thinker
Last weekend I completed a great trip with my local club, Exploring New Hampshire. We ran an overland route that started at the Customs and Border Protection Office at the Canadian Border of New Hampshire. The route ended at the sea coast at the southern border.
My day started early. I was on a business trip and returned on the red eye from California Wednesday night into Thursday morning. I got into Boston at 5:45.
I headed home, took a nap and started packing. I was packed and ready in the late afternoon. I had dinner with the family, then headed over to my friend Rob's house to pick him up. We packed his stuff into the Land Cruiser and hit the road around 7:30pm.
We drove 4 hours till we were very close to the border and stayed our first night in a little cabin in Pittsburg New Hampshire:
The next morning, we found fuel, met up with our group (11 rigs from Exploring NH) and started heading south. The route followed logging roads south from the border:
After a few hours of driving, we stopped at a wide spot in the logging road network. There was a small trail head there. We headed down the trail.
After hiking less than a mile, the trail opened up to a beautiful waterfall:
It had the classic, crystal clear New England river flowing over tannin stained rocks:
We soaked up the sun for a while and headed back. We had a lot more miles to cover. We traveled many more miles on the logging roads till we hit pavement. We ran across some small towns and enjoyed some covered bridges along the way:
Shortly after that, we parked for some lunch. Our spot was scenic, with a great view of another waterfall.
Our lunch was Rob's famous "giant sandwich" which consisted of 3 packs of random meats, 1 pack of cheese, 2 bags of potato chips and mustard. It was good.
We had to hurry to eat, though. Our next stop was to drive the climb up Mt. Washington, the tallest peak in the Presidential Range.
More to come...
My day started early. I was on a business trip and returned on the red eye from California Wednesday night into Thursday morning. I got into Boston at 5:45.
I headed home, took a nap and started packing. I was packed and ready in the late afternoon. I had dinner with the family, then headed over to my friend Rob's house to pick him up. We packed his stuff into the Land Cruiser and hit the road around 7:30pm.
We drove 4 hours till we were very close to the border and stayed our first night in a little cabin in Pittsburg New Hampshire:
The next morning, we found fuel, met up with our group (11 rigs from Exploring NH) and started heading south. The route followed logging roads south from the border:
After a few hours of driving, we stopped at a wide spot in the logging road network. There was a small trail head there. We headed down the trail.
After hiking less than a mile, the trail opened up to a beautiful waterfall:
It had the classic, crystal clear New England river flowing over tannin stained rocks:
We soaked up the sun for a while and headed back. We had a lot more miles to cover. We traveled many more miles on the logging roads till we hit pavement. We ran across some small towns and enjoyed some covered bridges along the way:
Shortly after that, we parked for some lunch. Our spot was scenic, with a great view of another waterfall.
Our lunch was Rob's famous "giant sandwich" which consisted of 3 packs of random meats, 1 pack of cheese, 2 bags of potato chips and mustard. It was good.
We had to hurry to eat, though. Our next stop was to drive the climb up Mt. Washington, the tallest peak in the Presidential Range.
More to come...
