Originally uploaded by atteancanoe.
September 12th, I took a day off from the office – my wife and I celebrated our 39 wedding anniversary. we both enjoy the mountains, so we took a trip over the Kancamagus Scenic Byway named after Kancamagus (“Kank-ah-maw-gus” The Fearless One), who ruled as the third and final Sagamon of the Panacook Confederacy of Native American tribes in what is now southern New Hampshire. We had a bite to eat at a McDonald’s along the Pemigewasset River in Lincoln, then headed for the Robert Frost homestead in Franconia, New Hampshire on Rt. 116, along the western slope of Cannon Mountain. We traveled homeward bound via Bethlehem, Franconia Notch and Crawford Notch State Park and the Mount Washington Valley to North Conway and had dinner.
We traveled under a very dense steel-gray overcast sky with a few showers throughout the day. Small flocks of wild turkeys were selecting gravel along the secondary roads.
It is nice to travel through the White Mountains National Forest in the sunshine, but we both know the scenery well and enjoy being in the mountains in any weather.
We noticed people of all ages running some sort of relay race from Cannon Mountain through Franconia Notch and Crawford Notch. There were white vans everywhere and hundreds of spectators scattered along the along highway and the major tourist parking lots.
We traveled a round trip of 225 miles and were gone lest than 7 hours and had a good time. The Toyota Sienna RampVan gas mileage is very economical.
I looked up the activities taking place in the White Mountains and discovered:
Reach the Beach Relay – a 200 miles in 24 hours Franconia Notch to Hampton Beach
You can find out the details and view photos here:
Reach the Beach Relay
