Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Travel Tuesday: News from Mt Washington

A few years ago I was asked to speak at a conference at Mt. Washington in New Hampshire.  I went in a day early, so I had time to ride the cog-railway to the top of the mountain, went out of my way to book a coal fired steam train.  It was spectacular.  When we got to the top the mountain was in a heavy fog.  I loved it. 

I read recently that there is a proposal to build guest accommodations, a hotel of some type in the national park at the top.  I might need to go back.  
 

10 comments:

  1. Anonymous4/12/2022

    What fun! Can I come?

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    1. If they finish while we are still alive

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  2. I always loved seeing the "This car climbed Mt. Washington" bumper stickers and yet I never did it myself. It would be so much more fun in a steam train.

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    1. Most of the trains are diesel hydraulic drive, I went out of my way for the coal fired steam.

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  3. Carlos loves all things trains and he would love this.

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  4. That does sound like fun.

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    1. I have had some nice adventures with more to come.

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  5. I'm sorry, but this type of foggy photos always puts me in mind of the Crawling Eye movie! that thing has stuck with me since I was a kid! I must say though, it's very atmospheric.

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    1. Wait until you see Saturday's post. We took a walk in a cloud recently.

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