Spring came later this year,
and lilacs weren't open yet at Lost River Click on any photo to enlarge it. Kinsman Notch, scene of Lynne's 2010 photo contest winner |
WHITE MOUNTAINS
New
Hampshire
May
27-30, 2011. 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 Scroll down for more photos. |
Back at the cottage |
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On top of Mount Willard ...
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... the same peak,
during a
snowshoe hike five months earlier |
The view from Mount Willard
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Relaxing on Mount Willard
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