Day 12 - Around the White Mountains

Up a bit late for breakfast at the hotel. Headed out for leaf-peeping along the Rte 112. Stopped at the ranger station to get a parking pass and found our Park Service Senior pass was all we needed. First stop the Albany Covered Bridge then on west along the Swift River. Stopped at the Colbath Home site and walked the interpretive path through the pine forest. The colors are somewhat subject to elevation and exposure. The higher elevation seems to have better colors as do the southern facing hillsides. Stopped at several overlooks: Sugar Hill, Graham, and Hancock. At the Lincoln Woods area, we walked to the suspension bridge.

When the Rte 112 hit the Rte 3, we headed north on 3. This took us up the west side of the mountain group and through Franconia Notch – the pass and the state park. We curved around the top of the mountains to catch the Rte 302. Headed back that past the entrance to the cog railway and past the Mount Washington Hotel. Stopped at a info center and looked at the map. Took a small, steep, narrow, winding road east over the mountain and to near the Maine border. Back to North Conway and the hotel. Made some hotel reservations in Vermont and went across the street for a good dinner.Read more