The White Mountains of New Hampshire are old and therefore more rounded than the western mountains but they are no less scenic. We have had a great 5 days on scenic drives, waterfall walks, cascading stream trails, and cute little towns. We can't get over how old these villages are. Most are established in the 1700s and have picture perfect white churches with tall steeples along with wonderful old Inns. Some of the inns are huge and have been in continuous operation since the mid 18oos.
We spent one of the hot days, driving the "Kanc". The Kancamagus Highway is a national scenic byway that crosses the White Mts with lots of pull outs to take in the views and other stops to walk up to cascading waterfalls. There aren't foothills in the Whites like in the Cascades at home so even though they were only 5,000 feet or so they seems high and the views were grand.
Today was our last day and we did an UP UP UP hike to Arethusa (sp) Falls. Now tired and ready to more tomorrow. We will be in Wiscasset, Maine near Boothbay Harbour where the lobster boats dock. Lobster rolls tomorrow, oh yeah!
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