We left Moncton, New Brunswick on Wednesday, Oct. 6, and traveled all the way to New Hampshire where we spent the night in the White Mountains.
We had to enter the US Customs and they had us to get off the bus while the guard dogs "sniffed" us and our luggage. Weren't there too long and they let us back on the bus to go into the US.
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| Covered bridge in NH |
Leaves were not at their peak and it was starting to rain when we got into the White Mountains in VT. We spent the day looking for moose and actually saw 3 grazing in the woods somewhere in New Hampshire. The driver stopped the bus for us to take pictures. We saw a pretty old covered bridge along the way when we were traveling across VT and NH.
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| Tram used as ski lift in winter |
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| Aerial tram that we rode to top |
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| Franconia State Park Visitor Center |
We got to Franconia, NH late at night due to rainy weather and two-lanes in the park. We all went to bed early so we could get up the next morning and leave at 8 am, stopping at Cannon Mountain, NH, to go to the top of the mountains via aerial tram. It was so foggy we couldn't see very far. The tram closes in the winter for tourists going to the top of the mountain, and is used by skiers. We enjoyed visiting the Visitor's Center for Franconia Notch State Park.
We traveled for awhile in western NY, going thru Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo. The cornfields were very pretty and we saw lots of pumpkins still in the field, ready to be picked up. I called my brother-in-law Guy in Sarasota when we were passing thru his hometown of Chittnango, NY, but missed him. It was beautiful in that area; rolling farmland. He left there when he joined the Navy and never returned there to live.
It was dark when we pulled into the Canadian border and the Customs officer came aboard our bus and looked at our passports, and then sent us on. This time we didn't have to get off the bus or have our luggage unloaded and inspected. We pulled into the parking lot of the nicest hotel on our trip, the 30-story Embassy overlooking Niagara Falls.
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| Arriving at Niagara Falls, Canada, at night |
Niagara Falls will be featured next time. Lots to say about this great place and some good photos.
