We are in New Hampshire!

This morning, we woke up at the Comfort Inn in Barre, Vermont, at 8 AM.  That felt SO good to sleep in...we needed it!  We enjoyed toast, yogurt, cereal, sausage, eggs, waffles, juice, and milk for breakfast, and then headed to Bragg Farm (below), an eighth-generation maple syrup farm.  We saw a 25-minute video showing the process of getting the syrup from the tree to the table, saw the equipment, browsed the shop, and tasted different kinds of syrup.  If you ever go there, try the maple syrup creamees.  They are DELICIOUS!!  We purchased a large jar of syrup, which will be good for pancakes and waffles.

We then headed toward New Hampshire, stopping occasionally at scenic overlooks, and for lunch.  By about 2:00 PM, we were at Mt. Washington, the tallest mountain in the northeast (6,288 feet!).  We drove up it (yes, to the summit!) on the Auto Road, which was originally a carriage road for horses pulling wagons.  We were blessed with great weather, especially considering it is early in the season.  The road only opened at the beginning of May.  But we made it, and I stood on the summit with my arms raised in victory.  Victory, as in making it to the top without falling down the 3,000-foot valleys.  Ha ha, just kidding, but it WAS quite a road.  At the top, they have a great museum with all kinds of displays explaining weather, geology, and the history of the mountain.  They also have a few other buildings, including the old hotel, which is now restored for people to enjoy seeing and walking through.  People can hike to the top, but obviously it is tough since the weather is very iffy.  When we drove to the top, it was beautifully sunny (very unusual); a half-hour later, when we came out of the museum, we could barely see 10 feet in front of us because of fog and rainy-misty stuff.  That diminished as we went down, and soon we were able to see a gorgeous double rainbow!  I rarely see those, but when I do, I always remember God's promise and His love for us.

Driving up the Auto Road on Mt. Washington; not too scary yet. 

Snow at the end of May?!  Yep!  This was almost to the top.

Here I am at the top of Mt. Washington -- 6,288 feet high!

The fog on the top of the mountain; how quickly weather can change!

This is the beautiful rainbow.

We then headed to a nice hotel, enjoyed dinner at Mr. Pizza's, and now we are getting ready for bed.  Tomorrow we will hike Tuckerman's Ravine, which is a trail on Mt. Washington.  It is about five miles round trip, and it will be pretty.  Check back to see how it went!  For now, enjoy the pictures of driving up and down Mt. Washington...and surviving it! :)

~Anna~