We relaxed today, trying to husband out strength for tomorrow. However, that doesn’t mean that we sat inside. Nope, we went into town for breakfast and then drive back by some old covered bridges. Breakfast was a so-so affair. We had read good reviews on Yelp for a place called Peaches which had wonderful lip-smacking good peaches and cream coffee cake. And, I’ll admit that it was everything that the reviews said except that they omitted the whipping cream piled on top. Whoo-eee. We thought this was the cats pajamas.
The breakfast itself wasn’t as good. Or, maybe I should say that the potatoes weren’t as good. I think they had been on the warming grill for too long and they were burnt and crusty at the bottom. Oh, well. It was a beautiful day on their outside dining area and we enjoyed the fresh air.
We drove around to find some old covered bridges across the Swift River in Conway, NH. Orginally built in 1850, it was lifted from its foundation, swung around and sent rapidly down the river into the next covered bridge, the Saco River Bridge, knocking it off its foundations and both bridges ended up down the river. The wood that was salvaged from these two bridges was used to build the new bridge which is pictures below. It is now just a walking bridge since a new steel and concrete bridge ws built in 1974 to replace it.
We stopped to do a bit of shopping and noticed that in New England, Dunkin’ Donuts stores are inside the Walmarts.
There are some great views of the mountains along the highway north and today we could see Mt Washington, our goal for tomorrow, off in the distance. Ironically, we chose Wednesday for our hike because it was supposed to be sunny, clear with no threats of rain. Tuesday was supposed to be hazy with showers. Darn. Here it is Tuesday and the views are superb. Here you can see a few puffy white clouds crowning the tip of the mountain.
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