| The Kancamagus highway follows the Swift
River and is New England's only designated Scenic Highway. There are no
private houses, service stations or other encroachments to spoil the
tourists view. More than 34 miles of unadulterated scenery. It is
named after a legendary Indian chief who united and ruled all the tribes in
the area between 1627 and 1669. |
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The weather was coming to the end of the prolonged fine
spell, so the first morning at the North Conway Grand hotel looked a bit
like this. |
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Autumnal mists indeed. I like the tree major points of
interest: sun, tree and shrub. |
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North Conway is a very long 'village'.
Ribbon development comes to mind, but the surrounding scenery helped us
forgive the plethora of Tourist facilities. It is a year round resort and
clearly skiing is important to its success. |
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The Victorian railway station has kept much of its
ambience and is now the start of scenic railway trips. Almost Disney like in
its colour and design. |
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There was an option to take a scenic trip on locos such as these... |
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We declined, having our own four Dunlop hooves to
help us explore. |
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This sign explains all about the Kancamagus
highway. |
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Oyez, oyez, another covered bridge! |
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...over the rushing Swift River |
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This one still took cars, not all of them do. |
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When I saw this position which was clearly
the 'right' spot for the photograph, I was surprised to see a plethora of
tripods already there. It was a camera club from the North of Old England on a
trip through the North of New England! |
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This was a rather nice water pump in full working order.
We took a walk along one of the posted trails. |
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the clarity of the light was outstanding. |
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Some interesting fungi on the end of a log |
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Scenes like this reminded me of our trip to the
Rockies. |
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The Flume, although fairly commercialised,
was well worth the dollars. Coming up next. |
