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port of call was Boston MA |
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Boston
Common |
Boston
Harbor |
Harvard |
Old
town hall |
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| Trip
to Sam
Adams Brewery, Boston |
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Never
mind the spiel, where's the free beer ? |
Resting
on the casks |
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| Onward
to Pinkham
Notch, NH an AMC lodge. We walked up Mt. Washington from Crawford Notch
to The
Lakes Of The Clouds which is a hut near the summit. After 2 days walking
on the mountain we did it the easy way - we drove up ! |
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Dave
on the way up, most of the time we were in the clouds |
And
Mark too, well we had to make use of the 2 minutes of clear sky ! |
Not
the summit ! |
The
one view on the way down to Pinkham Notch |
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then moved on to West Lebanon on The New Hampshire/Vermont border. The next
walk was a stoll compared to Mt Washington, Quechee Gorge. We also visited
Sugarbush Farm where real (ie not processed) cheese and Maple syrup are
made. |
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Quechee
Gorge |
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| Moving
on back into Massachusetts we visited Pittsfield and took a hike up Mt.
Graylock which does have a road to the summit but this is closed for road
work at the moment making it a very quiet and pleasant place. |
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Mark
on the closed road |
The
summit of Graylock |
View
from the top |
Hikers
hut |
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| Then over another State line into Pennsylvania and the charming City of Stroudsburg which is near the New Jersey State Line. Here we found a charming litte Cafe called Sweet Creams. They did the best Salad I have EVER eaten. But also this allowed us to follow a hike along another section of the Appalachian Trail. Parking at Lake Road we walked through the Delaware Water Gap which apparently was once beautiful but is now blighted by the Interstate 80 which we had to walk alongside to reach a lovely trail up into the woodlands and to Sunfish Pond. |
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I80 tollbooths |
Walking the I80 bridge, Delaware Water Gap |
Sunfish Pond |
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But finally it was time to get back on the Interstate and gt back into New York for a couple of days sightseeing before heading back off home to rip off Britain.
Thanks for reading ... |
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