If you think I've been having a whale of a time either gorging on lobster or making trips out of Boston every weekend, you'd be quite accurate in drawing that conclusion. Sadly though, this is ad hoc. Ken, my doctor friend who is heading back to Singapore after a 6-mth attachment at the Mass Gen Hosp (MGH) has been organising these trips to maximise the remaining weekends he has left before he heads back to slog city. We make these trips with at least 6 people so the cost for car rental and gas is split, amounting to no more than usd$30 per person on the average. Highly worth it! White mountains is BEAUTIFUL! and COLD!
It's slightly over 3 hrs drive from Boston (depending on traffic) and the must-see attractions are the Flume Gorge which is part of the Fraconia state park and the numerous waterfalls around the area. Another must is a drive along the Kancamagus Pass which cuts across the mountains and has several scenic lookout points where visitors can stop to take pix.
View of the mountains from the Glen Ellis Falls
Discovered in 1808, the Flume is a natural gorge extending 800 feet at the base of Mt. Liberty. The walls of Conway granite rise perpendicularly to a height of 70 to 90 feet and are from 12 to 20 feet apart.
I wanted to take my family for a visit when they arrive in Dec, but unfortunately, the flume is closed by late Oct.
It's ocassions like this that I feel pictures can never do natural beauty justice. 
These two views are from a lookout point along the Kancamagus Pass.
Just wanted to put this pix in cos I like it! It was shot on our way down from the Flume Gorge. The hike was about 1.5 hrs from start to end, probably too long for toddlers.
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Nothing calms and stirs the soul like the mountains eh. =) Just had my own mountain 'retreat' too....albeit a siong one!
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