Mount Washington

The day started out as an ordinary sunday and our plan was just to go for a walk in the park. We were looking at the map to see which park to explore and decided to go Mount Washington instead. Little did we realise what we got ourselves into :) Anyways, we noted down the route and off we went! Everyone were in high spirits. Sonya was excited to see "big mountain".



We set off at 9.50am and took i93 North all the way to New Hampshire. This is the only the second time we drove out of state into New Hampshire. The last time was when we were in Newburyport and crossed the Merrimac River.

We stopped at New Hampton, NH for petrol and also went to the tourist office to get some detailed maps of the White Mountains.

Stopped at Plymouth, NH for lunch at Lucky Dog. I think there are not many chinese, although we saw 2 chinese restuarants, there. We felt all eyes on us both on the streets and in the restuarant. Or maybe it is such a small town that everyone knows everyone else and we just stand out.

After lunch, back on the road we went. Suddenly there was this loud tapping on the glass. The rubber lining had come off the windscreen. Justin tried to fix it but it came right off again the moment we got on the highway where the winds were rather strong. This is where my hairband came to the rescue! We just tied it to the wing mirror and that did stopped it from swinging around and tapping on the glass.



Finally, we reached Lincoln, NH. The guy at the tourist office had warned Justin about the speed limit in Lincoln. His words were, "Not 31mph, 30mph"





Sonya getting restless in the car and started taking off her shoes.



Route 112 - Scenic drive but we were running out of time. The auto road at Mount Washington closes at 5pm and we have less than 2 hours left!












The scenery is fantastic but Sonya was too busy drinking water!!!





Sonya is really getting restless. She said she needed to "Da bian". We found a pub and I brought her to the toilet but as expected, no da bian.

Finally, we reached the entrance to the auto road at 4:45pm and were glad that they told us that the drive to the peak is half and hour and we need to leave by 5:45pm.

The sign at the entrance read, "If you are afraid of heights, you will not appreciate the ride up"






This is the observatory at the peak of Mount Washington. The wind was blowing at 50mph with gusts up to 80mph.




A woman told us to hold on to each other at the top. Justin wanted to go outside to take more photos. He saw woman fell down and nose bleed.











We started our way down the mountain at 5.45pm. We had dinner at Red Fox Tavern & Grill along Route 16. Kids fell asleep in the car soon after dinner. Justin wanted to take i93 back and so we had to go onto Bear Notch Road. Even though the moon was up, it was pitch black all along that road. It was quite scary and felt like we were in some horror film!

It was a long way back and we finally got home at 11.30pm.