Day at Mt. Washington in New Hampshire

68 degrees here at Bethlehem, NH
Just a quick post to say we spent the whole day around Mt. Washington.  It is the highest mountain east of the Mississauga River and has full weather station atop.
Cleck HERE for web site.

For a fee you can drive the 8 mile road, which climbs 4,700 feet up in those 8 miles; or, you can take a tour van with driver/guide who points out a bunch of stuff on way up and down--and spend about an hour at the top.  This is what we did.  Was a little sun when we arrived at the top, but clouds moved in and we couldn't see the 150 miles you can on a good day.  We watched the cog trains come up, one with steam engine on it; toured the 3 museums and got a look at outside of the weather station.   For nearly sixty-two years, Mount Washington, New Hampshire held the world record for the fastest wind gust ever recorded on the surface of the Earth: 231 miles per hour, recorded April 12, 1934 by Mount Washington Observatory staff.  They said it had been 50 mph winds yesterday and you could hardly stand up.  No wind today, just the fog moving in and out.

After coming down we drove south to Bartlett and ate a fine crab meat casadia.  We then made a circle over to the west side of Mount Washington and spent time watching the cog trains go up.
Check their website HERE
Back at Apple Hill Campsite and will hook up early in the morning and head to Bar Harbor KOA in Maine.

Will post pictures soon.

Lynn