Spring came later this year,
and lilacs weren't open yet
at Lost River

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Kinsman Notch,
scene of Lynne's 2010
photo contest winner

Boulder Motor Court
cottages in Twin Mountain
were our home away from home.
WHITE MOUNTAINS 
New Hampshire
May 27-30, 2011
Albany Covered Bridge
.
Friday: 25-mile bike loop
from Twin Mountain to the base of the Mount Washington Cog Railway

Saturday: 65-mile bike loop from Willey House, over Bear Notch, down a bit of the Kancamagus Highway, through the Albany Covered Bridge, up the West Side Road and back up Route 302

Sunday: 60-mile bike loop from Twin Mountain, down the Franconia Notch bike path, over Kinsman Notch and back through the towns of Easton and Franconia.

Monday: A short hike from Crawford Notch up Mount Willard.

Four of us from
 Seven Hills Wheelmen spent Memorial Day weekend biking and hiking in the White Mountains.

Ominous clouds seen from Willey House on Saturday afternoon. Luckily, it only rained at night on this trip. (Friday night, hail the size of ibuprofen tablets!)

Crawford Notch history and the story of the Willey family

.
Watermelon break
in Franconia

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Fixing a flat tire
Back at the cottage
Mad Dogs' Breakfast
Trillium undulatum on the Mount Willard trail
On top of Mount Willard ...  
   ... the same peak, during a snowshoe hike
five months earlier
The view from Mount Willard
Relaxing on Mount Willard
.Rick & Lynne's other recent adventures in the White Mountains:

August 2009 -- cycling with Pennsylvanians

September 2009 -- biking & hiking

New Year's 2010 -- XC skiing

May 2010 -- biking

August 2010 -- biking & hiking

New Year's 2011 -- XC skiing & snowshoeing


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