. Mt. Washington Hotel

Thu, Aug 23

Twin Mountain, NH: Up this morning and Mike had a fire. Pretty chilly. Decided we’d go to the Mount Washington Hotel today and have lunch. Arrived there and at the gate we were told we would have to go to the Bretton ski area and park there and take the shuttle back to the hotel because of the construction going on. So we did that and had a pretty good lunch. The hotel is very big and wonderful little nooks and crannies everywhere. After lunch we drove through the Franconia Notch and stopped at “The Flume” and hiked up to the gorge. This thing was discovered by a 93 year old woman who was fishing in the stream. 93!!! They didn’t believe her at first. This is a very rugged area—steep with lots of boulders. I can’t imagine a 93 year old woman climbing around there. Anyway, it was a very pretty gorge and the return trail to the visitor’s center was littered with glacial erratics—some huge—with trees’ roots twined all around them seeking some soil. Very pretty trail. Back to the campsite. Mike played on the computer for a while and I finished my book.