The weekend before July 4th, I had the weekend to myself because Allison was not going to get her normal Sunday off, having switched it with July 4th. So, I had a Saturday to fill all by me lonesome.
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Your fearless blogger acting the night guard at the camp office. Yes, if you look closely, that clock on the wall says 3:45 *AM*...[/caption]
Granted, I'm not even sure I was there, because weekends is when I have my only job at camp... night watchman. So, yes, Allison and I are on opposite sleeping schedules on weekends... which is also when we are supposed to be going out and enjoying the wonderful nature here... Little did Allison know she was going to be tramping around Maine and New Hampshire with a Zombie Rob.
But back on topic... on this particular Saturday I was being a Zombie all by me-self.
So, after about 5 hours of sleep, it was up and at 'em, go get some brunch and head into North Conway for some perusing of the shops...
Until I ran into my mother-in-law :)
She convinced me that I might as well come over to the boys camp and have lunch over there, rather than go out and spend any money... :D Then she told me about a place north of North Conway, where she said I would find both a wonderful waterfall and a unique curio shop.
My MIL has been up here every summer for a looooooong time... so she has all the scoop on the places to see and go. A wise son-in-law listens to his native guide, so I headed to highway 16B in Jackson, NH... and it was every bit as good as she said!
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The entrance to the town of Jackson, NH. Any site-seeing jaunt that starts this way has a lot of promise, methinks....[/caption]
Jackson was short drive from North Conway, and it started with one of my very favorite things I see up here in the northeast... I love the covered bridges. After waiting my turn to cross the river, I drove through Jackson, marking the location of the Ravenwood Curio shop for later, and turned right on Hwy 16B to get to the falls.
And I didn't see any falls.
However, I have figured out that, in New Hampshire, the "B" designator on the road means that it is a loop that sticks off the main highway. So, if I have turned on 16B, I can follow it around, and I'll come back to Hwy 16 at some point. That, plus the fact that I knew the river was off to the left, meant that the 16B I was supposed to take was down the road some place. That is where the falls would be.
Turn around? I don't think so! Let us explore, fearless ones! Thus, I pointed the trusty minivan up Black Mountain and forged ahead. (Boy, that just sounds wrong... should be a Land Rover or a dog sled, or something along those lines.... 'Man explores rugged Northeast U.S. in a Honday Odyssey won't be in National Geographic anytime soon, let me tell ya...)
I'm glad I took the long way around... I got to see some beautiful houses and drive up a very nice mountain. I love drives where I have to use my lower gears to save the brakes... :)
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I love this house. I want this house. I don't care if the mountain is impassible during the winter... I want this house.[/caption]
This was my favorite site on the mountain... This house... I sat in their driveway and tried to work up the courage to go knock on the door and ask them to name a price.
Maybe I'll be back when some rich, unknown uncle kicks it and leaves me millions.... so I can make them a offer they can't refuse....
So, I made it all the way around the circuit and, sure enough, the falls were right there... just a few blocks from where I had left the main highway :) But they did stretch up the mountain quite a bit... and they were lovely. I intend to come back and bring Allison.. and wear my swimsuit then, for many people were playing in the falls, reading books in the shade or laying out on the sunny rocks.
After leaving the falls, I head back into Jackson and checked out the Ravenwood Curio shop. This is a great little store with a very unique flavor... I love the garden in the back, which has a full set of walk-around paths where items for sale are on display in the garden, in their 'normal' setting rather than just on a shelf.
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Ravenwood curio shop[/caption]
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My only moose siting so far... at the Ravenwood Curio shop....[/caption]
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Gandalf the mighty wizard studying in Hobbiton[/caption]
My absolute favorite thing at the shop was this little wizard... not so much because of him, but because of what they had built to put him front of... a Hobbit door! It was sheer greatness.... suddenly this little guy was not the "seer with crystal ball" it said on the price tag... it was Gandalf, sitting outside Bag End with a Palantir and a copy of "Hobbits for Dummies", trying to figure out the Baggins and Boffins and Brandybucks of the world.
After giving the proprietors of Ravenwood some of my coin, I headed back to North Conway, and spent some coin there as well. I got some new hiking boots and a leather pouch at the leather store... for holding coins in my backpack.
All in all, a good day. Beautiful country, interesting shops, and a good pair of boots at 40% off... with no sales tax.
Not bad for a zombie.
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Your fearless blogger acting the night guard at the camp office. Yes, if you look closely, that clock on the wall says 3:45 *AM*...[/caption]Granted, I'm not even sure I was there, because weekends is when I have my only job at camp... night watchman. So, yes, Allison and I are on opposite sleeping schedules on weekends... which is also when we are supposed to be going out and enjoying the wonderful nature here... Little did Allison know she was going to be tramping around Maine and New Hampshire with a Zombie Rob.
But back on topic... on this particular Saturday I was being a Zombie all by me-self.
So, after about 5 hours of sleep, it was up and at 'em, go get some brunch and head into North Conway for some perusing of the shops...
Until I ran into my mother-in-law :)
She convinced me that I might as well come over to the boys camp and have lunch over there, rather than go out and spend any money... :D Then she told me about a place north of North Conway, where she said I would find both a wonderful waterfall and a unique curio shop.
My MIL has been up here every summer for a looooooong time... so she has all the scoop on the places to see and go. A wise son-in-law listens to his native guide, so I headed to highway 16B in Jackson, NH... and it was every bit as good as she said!
[caption id="attachment_144" align="alignright" width="300"]
The entrance to the town of Jackson, NH. Any site-seeing jaunt that starts this way has a lot of promise, methinks....[/caption]Jackson was short drive from North Conway, and it started with one of my very favorite things I see up here in the northeast... I love the covered bridges. After waiting my turn to cross the river, I drove through Jackson, marking the location of the Ravenwood Curio shop for later, and turned right on Hwy 16B to get to the falls.
And I didn't see any falls.
However, I have figured out that, in New Hampshire, the "B" designator on the road means that it is a loop that sticks off the main highway. So, if I have turned on 16B, I can follow it around, and I'll come back to Hwy 16 at some point. That, plus the fact that I knew the river was off to the left, meant that the 16B I was supposed to take was down the road some place. That is where the falls would be.
Turn around? I don't think so! Let us explore, fearless ones! Thus, I pointed the trusty minivan up Black Mountain and forged ahead. (Boy, that just sounds wrong... should be a Land Rover or a dog sled, or something along those lines.... 'Man explores rugged Northeast U.S. in a Honday Odyssey won't be in National Geographic anytime soon, let me tell ya...)
I'm glad I took the long way around... I got to see some beautiful houses and drive up a very nice mountain. I love drives where I have to use my lower gears to save the brakes... :)
[caption id="attachment_145" align="alignleft" width="300"]
I love this house. I want this house. I don't care if the mountain is impassible during the winter... I want this house.[/caption]This was my favorite site on the mountain... This house... I sat in their driveway and tried to work up the courage to go knock on the door and ask them to name a price.
Maybe I'll be back when some rich, unknown uncle kicks it and leaves me millions.... so I can make them a offer they can't refuse....
So, I made it all the way around the circuit and, sure enough, the falls were right there... just a few blocks from where I had left the main highway :) But they did stretch up the mountain quite a bit... and they were lovely. I intend to come back and bring Allison.. and wear my swimsuit then, for many people were playing in the falls, reading books in the shade or laying out on the sunny rocks.
After leaving the falls, I head back into Jackson and checked out the Ravenwood Curio shop. This is a great little store with a very unique flavor... I love the garden in the back, which has a full set of walk-around paths where items for sale are on display in the garden, in their 'normal' setting rather than just on a shelf.
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Ravenwood curio shop[/caption][caption id="attachment_149" align="aligncenter" width="300"]
My only moose siting so far... at the Ravenwood Curio shop....[/caption][caption id="attachment_150" align="alignright" width="224"]
Gandalf the mighty wizard studying in Hobbiton[/caption]My absolute favorite thing at the shop was this little wizard... not so much because of him, but because of what they had built to put him front of... a Hobbit door! It was sheer greatness.... suddenly this little guy was not the "seer with crystal ball" it said on the price tag... it was Gandalf, sitting outside Bag End with a Palantir and a copy of "Hobbits for Dummies", trying to figure out the Baggins and Boffins and Brandybucks of the world.
After giving the proprietors of Ravenwood some of my coin, I headed back to North Conway, and spent some coin there as well. I got some new hiking boots and a leather pouch at the leather store... for holding coins in my backpack.
All in all, a good day. Beautiful country, interesting shops, and a good pair of boots at 40% off... with no sales tax.
Not bad for a zombie.
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