New Hampshire Vacation Page 2

November 2013

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Continued from page 1. More views from the room: Here is an expansive view on a clear day:

Wide clear-day view from Brookhill across the field toward Mount Washington and surrounding mountains, with Adirondack chairs in the foreground

And during a snowfall:

Heavy snowfall sweeping across the field outside the room at Brookhill

On the other side of the field you see in the above pictures is another field. And on the other side of THAT field (and a few trees) is the Saco River. We decided to go traipsing through the field one afternoon.

Looking back at the inn; our room is the 1st floor from the fireplace chimney and over to the right. You can see the sliding door that we looked through to Mt Washington.

View back toward the Brookhill inn from across the field, showing the room's sliding door facing Mount Washington

Pictures taken along the way:

Bright red sumac seed head standing against a clear blue sky

Golden reflections of bare trees rippling in the water of the Saco River

Smooth blue-gray stone with swirling bands lying among rounded river rocks

Standing in the river bed:

Anne standing in the rocky riverbed beside a still pool on the Saco River

Looking upstream on the Saco River at Humphrey's Ledge

View upstream on the Saco River toward Humphrey's Ledge

Looking downstream on the Saco River at Cathedral Ledge:

View downstream on the Saco River toward Cathedral Ledge

At the end of the day, relaxing after all that walking:

Anne relaxing in a clawfoot bathtub in the warmly lit room at Brookhill

Some of the decorations in the B&B prompted us to ask about college affiliations. It turns out Rod had gone to Bowdoin for undergraduate studies (where Anne's brother went), and The University of Maine at Orono for graduate school (where Anne went).

UMaine Today alumni magazine propped on a chair beneath a Bowdoin College seal

Anne got to preview her Alumni magazine before she even got home! In addition to the shared interests in sewing and art, we have yet another shared interest: hiking. Rod has hiked the entire Appalachian Trail, both in sections and on a through-hike. That is a lot more than we have done, and he was kind enough to share some slides he took from various spots along the trail. He started a fire for us (as he did every night), set up the projector and screen, and the 4 of us (Susan, Rod, Paul, and Anne) spent a pleasant time looking at the slides and asking questions about the experience.

Warm firelit sitting room at Brookhill with projector and screen set up for an evening slide show

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