1HappyHiker
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AVK4316 had a delivery to make to the shop atop Mt. Washington, and this provided the perfect opportunity to make an ascent via the “Chandler’s Ridge Trail” (a.k.a. “The Auto Road”). RickB and I had the good fortune of being invited to go along for the ride. Once the delivery was made, then we got down to business, i.e. the “business” of rambling off the summit to enjoy the views from several locations.
The area around Mt. Washington is so diverse. Well, first of all, speaking of things diverse and different, you have AVK4316 (a.k.a. Allen) who dressed for the occasion. His “formal” attire (complete with necktie) elicited more than one friendly comment from people we met along the way!
But aside from Allen, there is a lot of other diversity crammed into the relatively small area surrounding the summit of Mt. Washington.
For starters, there is of course the truly unique feature known as “The Cog”.
And, there are magnificent vistas of “hills” and “valleys”, like the Great Gulf area for example.
But on the “flip-side”, there are some vistas that almost look like they could be in a place like Kansas!
And, it’s sometimes easy to forget that although the snow and ice have departed from the lowlands many weeks ago, there are still many lingering signs of winter around “Big George”. Take a look at the next 3 photos!
As RickB has already posted on the Alpine Flower thread, on Washington & Monroe (as of 04-Jun-09), Diapensia was budding but several days from being in full bloom. There were a few nice patches of Lapland Rosebay but it also was a few days from peak. Alpine Azalea was also just starting up.
It was a very enjoyable few hours that we spent roving around Mt. Washington. And it’s sacrilegious to say it, but I have to say it anyway. It was really nice for a change to ride to (and from) a mountaintop!
1HappyHiker
The area around Mt. Washington is so diverse. Well, first of all, speaking of things diverse and different, you have AVK4316 (a.k.a. Allen) who dressed for the occasion. His “formal” attire (complete with necktie) elicited more than one friendly comment from people we met along the way!
But aside from Allen, there is a lot of other diversity crammed into the relatively small area surrounding the summit of Mt. Washington.
For starters, there is of course the truly unique feature known as “The Cog”.
And, there are magnificent vistas of “hills” and “valleys”, like the Great Gulf area for example.
But on the “flip-side”, there are some vistas that almost look like they could be in a place like Kansas!
And, it’s sometimes easy to forget that although the snow and ice have departed from the lowlands many weeks ago, there are still many lingering signs of winter around “Big George”. Take a look at the next 3 photos!
As RickB has already posted on the Alpine Flower thread, on Washington & Monroe (as of 04-Jun-09), Diapensia was budding but several days from being in full bloom. There were a few nice patches of Lapland Rosebay but it also was a few days from peak. Alpine Azalea was also just starting up.
It was a very enjoyable few hours that we spent roving around Mt. Washington. And it’s sacrilegious to say it, but I have to say it anyway. It was really nice for a change to ride to (and from) a mountaintop!
1HappyHiker
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