Well, I guess I shouldn't have titled this blog so specifically because we're only ten days into our trip, and we're already done with the Appalachian Trail portion of it. We left Maine yesterday and are now leaving Boston.
To catch you up: we spent the 10th driving through Vermont and New Hampshire after we left the Berkshires of Massachusetts. We've been sticking to these little two lane highways that are constantly running through quaint, lovely little New England towns. As efficient as the interstate highway system is, it completely destroys the experience of getting to know the area through which you drive. The old highways may be slow, but if you find the right ones, they are worth it.
Vermont and New Hampshire are shaped similarly, but they aren't very similar states. I mean, yeah, they are both into maple syrup and moose crossing signs, but Vermont's geography is pretty wimpy compared to the vast mountain landscape of New Hampshire, which actually reminded us of Yosemite.
We started by driving through the Green Mountain National Forest in Vermont, then later stopped at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH to look around for a few minutes. Like most liberal arts schools, it was very elegant and picturesque. From there, we made it through the White Mountain National Forest of New Hampshire. Finally, after taking a million wrong turns we ended up at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, home of the one and only Wayne Kim. Wayne is the only guy I know who would greet us at 10pm with a relatively expensive staple of Maine cuisine: lobster rolls (basically sandwiches). What a guy. He gave us a brief tour of the campus, introduced us to some Colby kids, then we crashed.
To catch you up: we spent the 10th driving through Vermont and New Hampshire after we left the Berkshires of Massachusetts. We've been sticking to these little two lane highways that are constantly running through quaint, lovely little New England towns. As efficient as the interstate highway system is, it completely destroys the experience of getting to know the area through which you drive. The old highways may be slow, but if you find the right ones, they are worth it.
Vermont and New Hampshire are shaped similarly, but they aren't very similar states. I mean, yeah, they are both into maple syrup and moose crossing signs, but Vermont's geography is pretty wimpy compared to the vast mountain landscape of New Hampshire, which actually reminded us of Yosemite.
We started by driving through the Green Mountain National Forest in Vermont, then later stopped at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH to look around for a few minutes. Like most liberal arts schools, it was very elegant and picturesque. From there, we made it through the White Mountain National Forest of New Hampshire. Finally, after taking a million wrong turns we ended up at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, home of the one and only Wayne Kim. Wayne is the only guy I know who would greet us at 10pm with a relatively expensive staple of Maine cuisine: lobster rolls (basically sandwiches). What a guy. He gave us a brief tour of the campus, introduced us to some Colby kids, then we crashed.
You found your park! You knew it was out there somewhere.
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