Our journey was now at its northern
extreme and we turned West leaving Maine heading into New Hampshire and the
White Mountains.
We stopped at Gorham near Mount Washington
for a few days over the 4th July long weekend and first up did a wonderful walk
through the narrow Flume Gorge. Although only short we spent a few hours taking
some of our best photographs. We were having such a good time we did the gorge
part twice.
Flume
Gorge
The next day we took the world’s first cog
railway to the top of Mt Washington, At just over 6,000ft it is not that
high compared to the Western mountains but the weather sure packs a punch.
Despite being the middle of summer the temp was 25deg F lower at the top and
blowing 45mph.
Mt
Washington Cog Railway
Mt Washington has the worlds highest land
wind speed ever recorded at over 230 mph and has 40+ days a year of hurricane force
winds. It was easy to see where it got it's reputation for the worlds
most inhospitable weather.
On our
drive back to camp we were treated to our final wildlife sightings. First off
we saw a moose and her calf and then a black bear crossed the road in front of
us.
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