The Palms in Dixville Notch

Loon and her chick--Northwoods Area of New Hampshire

Fri, Aug 24

Twin Mountain, NH: Rained most of the night last night but this morning was sunny and warm. Trying to decide if we want to drive up Mount Washington today or not. Mike still wants to take the cog. I’m not sure if I want to spend an hour and a half of terror on that thing. I told him he could take the cog up and I’d drive up and meet him there. Well, by the time we got going the clouds had obscured most of the mountain tops anyway. So we decided to head up into the north woods region of New Hampshire. Drove north to Errol, NH, and most of the drive was along a beautiful river which I couldn’t pronounce. We actually saw a bull moose. Right after seeing a sign for “deer crossing” this moose pops out onto the road. Guess he didn’t know he was in the “deer crossing” area. He was big. Also saw a loon and her chic in one of the many ponds along the way. Had a late lunch at the Northern Exposure in the little town of Errol. Good food and friendly people. Drove through Dixville Notch which was the most rugged and beautiful place. Right after going through the notch was a beautiful, old hotel complex called The Balsams. Out in the middle of nowhere. Back to our pretty campsite and laid back for a while. It turned out to be a very warm and humid day. Trees are starting to turn though. We didn’t get back until 5:30 or so. Solar panels must have gotten some sun because the battery is at a good level.