Full week

This has been a full week. Our 2 days off were packed. Monday night the park took us to a private antique wagon museum . The host said it was a hobby gone out of control. He opens the museum by his invitation only. He owns several hundred antique wagons and sleds. Of course, we were impressed with the antique "RV's".

Thursday morning, bright and early, we went to the station for Mount Washington van auto road tour. The day was hot and sunny. The tour was beautiful and interesting. It was so nice at the top at 10 am we didn't even need long sleeves (very unusual).

Thursday afternoon we went to Wildcat Mountain and rode the ski lift to the top. After Mount Washington it was a little anti-climatic but enjoyed, nevertheless.

Friday saw us up early to ride the Cog up to the top of Mount Washington for our second time. Our second coupon for a free ride expired after that day. Ginger was able to get a few other pictures not taken on the first trip. The most interesting one is on the way down where the riding car is separated and a little distance from the engine.

Laundry and other chores called us home. That evening we celebrated our 43 anniversary with a delicious stuffed lobster dinner (Our anniversary is the 31, but that's a work day.).

More next week.

Santa Village

Today we had a few hours before the rain came so we went to Santa Village. The highlight was enjoying the Christmas music played throughout the park. We were surprised to find a large nativity scene. It had a cross in the center of a pond in front of it and a chapel beside it. The park was beautifully landscaped so we enjoyed many beautiful flowers. It seems this area is full of a lot of theme parks concentrating on the young families.

Since we both like fresh made pastries we visited their bakery. While sitting on their deck, enjoying the view and the pastries, we had a visitor.

Tonight the work campers are having a pot luck. We've invited the international students who will be bringing dishes native to their respective countries.

More next week.

The Clog

I can finally type a little though my right arm is still in a cast. We finally had a day off without having any medical appointments. We went to Mt Washington and road the Clog train up to the top. The charcoal based steam engine was built in the 1800's. It runs on 3 tracks. The middle track is for the clog, a wheal with teeth to grab and pull up. The ride began at 2700 feet and climb to the top of Mt Washington at 6288 feet. Going down takes no power but a lot of breaking. The weather could not have been better. On one side of the mountain we were above the cloud and on the other you could see forever. The temperature was even pleasant.