On Sunday we went back to Mt. Washington and found a road that was easier on Nana's nerves:

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The Mount Washington Cog RailwayHere is the first engine to take cars to the top:

On the way up, we averaged a 12% grade, with a maximum of 37.5.%. That means that for every 100 feet we went forward, we went UP 37.5 feet! It is steep! Poppa was sitting in his seat when he took this picture of a building next to the train tracks:

The building is level, but the train is pointed up so far that the building looks like it is falling down.
Wow - this link is complicated. If it works, it will show a video of a Cog Railway train arriving at the peak of Mt. Washington:
A Cog Railroad train arriving at the peak of Mt. WashingtonCan you see the chains that hold this building down so it doesn't blow away?

This is the Tip Top House:

After leaving Mt. Washington again, we saw another one of these signs:

We've seen the signs all over New Hampshire, but I think they're giving moose a bad name. Dottie and I met a moose, and he's a really funny guy:

As long as we're in New England, land of the Pilgrims, what could be more appropriate than a pilgrimage?
Route 2 here is called the "Presidential Highway", because it goes past the Presidential Range. Here is a string of mountains named after Presidents of the United States. You've seen Mt. Washington, and there are more. Three of them are in "The Great Gulf Wilderness", 5,658 acres with no buildings and one dirt road.
Poppa made a pilgrimage to take this picture:

To the right, with a cloud at the top, is Mt. Washington. Moving left, is Mt. Jefferson, followed by Mt. Adams (above the bottle), and finally, just above the yellow tree, Mt. Madison.
Mt. Adams is named for John Adams, second president of the United States. The mountain has two subpeaks. One is named Mt. Quincy Adams, for John Adams' son, also a president of the United States. The other subpeak is Mt. Sam Adams, named for a cousin of John Adams. Sam was a revolutionary, possibly a radical one preaching violence, and probably one of the planners of the Boston Tea Party. It is also reported that he was a beer brewer. That explains the pilgrimage. (Let us not get into any discussion of the modern Tea Party stuff.)
Poppa does want to update the picture he posted of his keychain last year. This picture is for you, DDBIV:

(O.K., ho can see what's wrong with this picture?)
- Tigger and Dottie seeing the country with Nana and Poppa