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Friday, October 7

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The entrance to the main building. Notice how differently people are dressed here than at the bottom of the mountain. Lots of winter coats.

The temperature was in the mid-40’s and the wind was 34.1 mph. It says visibility was 60 miles, but we were told that we were seeing 80-90 miles.

I wanted to go up to the top of the building for the view. Cerwin didn’t think he wanted to go up here because of the wind. I said, “I didn’t come to the top of this mountain to not see that view.” He replied, “Okay, I’ll go with you. 🙂

People who were brave enough to drive up by road.

I think the hikers are even braver. There are many deaths each year on that trail – by falls, heart attacks and most by hypothermia. If I remember correctly there have been 7 deaths so far this year.

The view was worth the cold wind.

We were told that the windmills to the right were in Quebec, Canada, which was more than 80 miles away. Of course, they didn’t look that close. I used the zoom on my camera.

Then I cropped the photo to make them look even closer.

Ready to go down the mountain.

We could see that rain was coming toward the mountain and would probably hit us before we got to the bottom.

But before that we got some more beautiful views.

We were close to the bottom when it began to rain. That was perfect for our trip but made us feel bad for those on the 4 pm ride up the mountain.

Tracks just before the bridge.

Going over the bride close to the bottom.

It must have rained before we arrived at the bottom, because there was just a bit of drizzle when we got off the train.

The skies cleared as we headed west toward our motel in Bethlehem.

When opportunity arises, I can’t resist taking a photo of an old building.

We saw very little wildlife on this trip but saw several dozen turkeys in a variety of places.

This is the closest we were to turkeys, which worked for my camera.

We arrived at our motel about 5 pm. I chose this place in April, because it was difficult to get a motel this time of year for only one night, especially in this area.

When checking in, she told us that she took the privilege of upgrading or room to a cabin. We smiled and said, we will accept that. 🙂

Had we booked this cabin, it would have cost a lot more than the small motel room in which we were planning to spend the night.

By this point of the day, we were feeling quite blessed. We had seen Mount Washington in sunshine on the peak day for color in the leaves, now we had a motel upgrade.

In life, this kind of day doesn’t very often so I make sure God knows that we are grateful.

Our dining/living room

Same room from the living room area.

Our bedroom

The other bedroom

There were towels and toiletries for 4 people.

The bathroom

The kitchen area

The loft where there were two futons.

…and we were expecting to have one room and a bathroom!

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Come back tomorrow to follow our visit to the Von Trapp Family Lodge in Vermont

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