Calling all you leaf peepers

Happy first day of Autumn!! If any of you are looking for the quintessential fall getaway, might I suggest a trip to the White Mountains in New Hampshire. Cameron and I visited here two years ago and there was no shortage of leaf peeping, charming quaint little towns and gorgeous scenery. Whenever I think of Fall it is impossible to not think about the beautiful Northeast.

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Disappointments, covered bridges and contests

These are the last of the travel photos that I am going to bore you all with. We had the opportunity to visit another Shaker Village (we had visited one in Massachusetts last year) and thought it would be interesting to compare and contrast it. Jacob and Lisa: the other one was better. The staff was friendlier, there were more buildings and there was just more to see and do. We enjoyed ourselves, but since this Shaker Village is privately owned, they have a lots of rules. We like to roam the grounds freely, whereas they like you to be under their watchful eye at all times. No photos indoors was a new one for us, but whatever...Hancock was better anyways.

New Hampshire tourism is having a contest, but we did not find out about it until a little late in the game. The contest was to take photos of yourself with this sign and recognizable places. Oh well, we would have won anyways and then won a trip of a lifetime back to NH.

We were such tourists, I saw a covered bridge and we just had to turn off and snap a photo in front of it.

This was quite possibly the best part about the Ben and Jerry's factory tour: the Flavor Graveyard, it is filled with clever rhymes as to why certain flavors were discontinued. R.I.P. old flavors.

Even though the factory tour was a bit of a bust, as a result we found ourselves in Montpelier where we were able to take a tour of the capital in Vermont. We met a wonderful women, named Irene Stotts from Seattle. (what are the odds??) she was kind and funny and all around reminded me of my grandma. She mentioned she had been in Vermont since her husband died fifteen years ago and has hated it ever since. I was tempted to pack her up in my suitcase and bring her home, but then again what if she hated it in Seattle too.

Vermont on Dwellable

Mt. Washington Hotel

Located at the base of Mount Washington in Bretton Woods there is a hotel which is touted as the most spectacular thing to see in the White Mountains, that being said we had to go and check it out. Built in 1902, it is one of the only few grand hotels remaining. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has spectacular views every way you look. With a 900 foot veranda, ample outdoor seating and sunshine it was the perfect place to spend an afternoon. The last night we were in New Hampshire, we went back for a memorable meal in the most lavish dining room in the state. Dinner jackets were required for men and we were accompanied by a three piece orchestra while we ate.