Dottie and I were offering odds that she would end up on the floor in the back seat like last year out west. She didn't, but it was close.
The road is 8 mile of narrow two-way traffic, no guard rails, steep drop offs. Dottie and I saw great scenery; Poppa was driving, so he couldn't look at it; Nana had her eyes closed.
At the top, there was lots of scenery:
It's not always nice here. There can be snow in any month of the year, dense fog, and hurricane force winds. Check out this sign:
One higher wind has been seen in Australia since 1934, but not much higher.
Admission to the Auto Road included a CD telling about the road. Poppa can lend it to anyone who is interested. It's really interesting. We also got this bumper sticker:
I've seen this bumper sticker back in Pittsburgh, but I thought it was talking about THAT Mt. Washington:
Nana has been using a book by Fodor to plan some of our visits in New England, and it recommended two little towns nearby as very fun to visit. We started on that trip and then got to North Conway. Actually, we got ALMOST to North Conway, and then had two miles of bumper-to-bumper crawling traffic. It seems that North Conway is famous for it's shopping. It was insane! We gave up and changed our plans. Following Rt. 302, we stopped to see "The Old Man of the Mountain". We knew we wouldn't actually see it, because it fell down in 2003.
Still the story of its formation and its importance to Maine was interesting.
- Tigger and Dottie seeing the country with Nana and Poppa
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