Day 3: Leaf Peeping

Fall Foliage: Day 3

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The day started out a little gloomy but a little bit of bad weather brought a lovely surprise to us later in the day...but I'll get to that later.
First was a lake cruise across New Hampshire's largest lake, Lake Winnipesaukee. A few travelers enjoyed a morning bloody mary during the easy one hour voyage. We disembarked at Wolfeboro where we wondered around the charming little town.

The motorcoach picked us up and we departed for the Kancamagus Highway, a national scenic drive. There was an array of extrodinary fall colors. The views reminded me of images Bob Ross would have painted on the Joy of Painting show, only better. Our first stop was at a classic New England covered bridge.

Our second stop was a fantastic scenic view from a foot bridge. It crossed over a river with several waterfalls and rapids.

The storm that caused us to bring out our umbrellas also brought a light snow fall at the higher elevations. The snow fall was just heavy enough to leave an angelic layer of white all over the tree tops. The snow was so irresistible that a handful our our travelers just had to play in it, including throwing snow balls at me, an innocent bystander just trying to take photos .

We made a few more stops: Lincoln, Flume, and Woodstock, New Hampshire.

Unfortunately, we did not encounter any real moose, just a few stuffed ones

However some patrons enjoyed a pint of beer from the local Woodstock brewery

The night ended with dinner at Mames, a cozy restaurant that was once a barn. We enjoyed either beef medallions or baked haddock and topped it off with a traditional carrot cake.