We drove up to Laura's house Wednesday, September 17th. It took us all day to get there. Thursday, we got up and got ready to drive up to Warren, New Hampshire, where Laura's aunt and uncle have a cabin on Mount Moosilauke. While we were there, we ate our lunch by Baker River, visited a fish hatchery, hiked up part of Mount Moosilauke, and roasted hot dogs over a campfire for dinner.
Here is a video of Claire and Laura at the Fish Hatchery...
And some other pictures from our trip to the mountains:
Claire and Mommy at the Fish Hatchery...
Crystal clear Baker River...
Laura and Claire sitting on the rocks...
The cabin (Claire standing by the back door)...
"Rock" the Toad (named by Claire)...
Claire hiking down the mountain...
Beautiful Fall Foliage...
I learned that Claire is afraid of campfires as she screamed and held onto me with a death grip anytime we approached the campfire. This made roasting hot dogs interesting. :) We originally planned to stay overnight Thursday at the cabin, but as the day went on, the temperature kept dropping. Claire had a slight cold as it was, and Laura didn't feel comfortable lighting her aunt and uncle's wood stove (I didn't blame her), so we decided to drive back to Laura's to spend the night in a warm house instead of freezing. The temperature probably dropped to the low 30s that night! On our way home, we got out of the car to look up at the night sky. If you've ever been far enough away from civilization to see such a beautiful night sky, you know what I'm talking about. It is absolutely breathtaking!
Friday we got up feeling well rested and warm and very glad we didn't spend the night in the mountains! We took our time getting ready, and eventually headed to some stores...Christmas Tree Shops, L.L. Bean Outlet, CVS for some Benedryl for poor Claire (whose nose needed wiped pretty often by this point). After shopping we drove to Laura's mom's house in Auburn, New Hampshire, and had a delicious and extremely filling dinner! Before dinner, we snacked on some yummy veggies, cheese, and crackers. Laura's mom has an AMAZING veggie dip recipe:
Vegetable Dip
3/4 c. mayonnaise (real, preferably not low-fat)
3/4 c. sour cream
1 tsp. dried dill weed
less than 1 tsp. garlic salt
less than 1 tsp. onion salt
1 Tbsp. dried chives
After driving back to Laura's Friday night, we headed right to bed so we'd be ready to wake up and go do Boston Saturday morning!! More about Boston in Part Two of our New England Trip...
2 comments:
that video was great. i wanted to scream too when I saw the fish jumping! Boston is a great city, have fun there. thanks for the fresh posts, I miss my niece. umm, and her mom too:)
that video was great. i wanted to scream too when I saw the fish jumping! Boston is a great city, have fun there. thanks for the fresh posts, I miss my niece. umm, and her mom too:)
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