Autumn Colors

Once again, up at 5:00 am, luggage ready for pickup at 7:00 am, then breakfast and boarding the bus and heading out at 8:00 am for Fox Ridge at North Conway, New Hampshire on a cloudy, rainy day. The lunch stop was in Farmington, Maine where I managed to find a yarn store but still no Starbucks.. A highlight of the journey was supposed to be a tram ride to the top of Wildcat Mountain in the White Mountain for a view of Mt. Washington which is the highest mountain in New England but when we got to the top we were in a cloud and couldn't see more than 20 feet. Oh well, we saw some fall foliage and pretty scenery at the base.

It was a beautiful drive through the Maine and New Hampshire farm country. Rolling green hills and little white farm houses. It was most interesting seeing the New England farm houses and how they evolved. Families would begin with a small house and add on as they were able. When they could they built a barn. From there they would add another room onto the house and maybe a wood storage building onto the barn. They continued adding on as necessary until sometimes the house and barn were connected.

We arrived, in the pouring rain, at the Fox Ridge Resort which was one of the most "basic" hotels we stayed in. And, the pillows were horrible - kind of like sleeping on soft boulders.