Today we drove “The Kanc,” what the locals call the nationally famous scenic byway, the Kancamagus Highway through the White Mountains in New Hampshire. The hills in New Hampshire are pretty, but I’m sure they are stunning in the fall, because there are a lot of deciduous trees in these mountains. We would like to come back some day and drive the color tour. For now, it was a drive with occasional great views of the forests and the rivers and nice stops in a twelve mile tourist trap along the highway in North Conroy. There were a lot of out of state plates, so this is obviously a popular tourist destination in upstate New Hampshire, a “get away” place with lots of trails, activities for the kids, great scenery, dinner trains, trams, skiing in winter, and shopping.
I think we probably hit the two most popular areas in New Hampshire in our two days here, the Auto Road to the top of Mt. Washington, and the Kancamagus Highway. We will be leaving New Hampshire and taking Highway 2 into Vermont tomorrow, driving through Montpelier to Waterbury (Ben and Jerry’s here we come), and then on to the Burlington area where we’ll camp on Grand Isle in Lake Champlain.
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