North Conway Scenic Railway

A word on Kenny the driver’s 👢 . Ted quoted the line from Dumb and Dumber “Killer boots man!” I asked him about the boots and apparently his son is getting married on the 27th and the wedding theme is a cowboy one. So he has bought these “killer boots” and is wearing them in before the wedding. Just in case you were wondering….
We had a couple of hours in North Conway before the train departed at 11.30 am and, hilariously, there was a dog extravaganza going on. Lots of stalls selling all things doggy, including dog (furry) tatoos! There were nutrition stalls, a bow-tie and bandana stall, all dog poo items-narrowly missed having a deodoriser thrust upon me, old age homes for dogs and lots of fund raising activities for medical treatments etc. The funniest activity was the dog long-jump competition (see videos!) which was taken extremely seriously. Only in America.
Onto the North Conway Scenic Railway (built in the 1860s to link Portland, Maine to Canada) which was constructed mainly by hand with a bit of dynamite thrown in. Unfortunately, we didn’t get the full spiel as the microphone wasn’t working! Also, unfortunately, it was a bit like travelling through a forest for the majority of the time with trees on either side (New Hampshire is 80% forest) for a couple of hours. The rivers are so short of water, some with barely any flow, and when we did emerge out of the woods we could see that what are probably usually spectacular waterfalls were completely dried up. Kenny and the coach met us at Crawford Notch (so named as the Crawford Family owned that neck of the woods) and we returned to the hotel. It is lovely and sunny with blue skies at the moment-may try out the hotel pool 👀
P.S. I did in fact try out the small indoor pool and tried putting the back through its paces. Also went in the splendidly 🔥 jacuzzi. Fell into conversation with “Rick and Candy or was it Sandy 🤔 from Boston who visit the hotel two three times a year for a short break. We discussed replacement joints (my hips, his knee) and they couldn’t get their heads around the NHS with “free” medical care!Leer más