Having never been to New Hampshire, I really wanted to explore the state a bit, and as it turns out, the White Mountain National Forest is only about 4 hours from where I live in Maine. I found a cute airbnb in a little place called Twin Mountain and got to drive through the Kancamagus Highway, hike through the Flume Gorge in Lincoln, and see a few pretty covered bridges this weekend.

Kancamagus Highway

This scenic byway is a 34.5 mile drive through the White Mountain National Forest that is famous for ‘leaf peepers’ wanting to see the fall foliage. I was a touch early to see much foliage, but there were still some pretty red and orange leaves mixed in with the green ones. The first stop was this neat covered bridge with a pretty slow moving water way underneath.

Before I started the drive, I happened upon this super cute ice cream shop with both hard scoop ice cream and, my favorite, soft serve!🍦They had nearly 20 different soft serve flavors and combinations! I was SO excited! 🎉 This picture doesn’t do it justice, but this was a coconut and German chocolate mix and it was fabulous 😋

Flume Gorge

The Flume is a natural gorge extending 800 feet at the base of Mount Liberty. The walls of Conway granite rise to a height of 70 to 90 feet and are 12 to 20 feet apart.  There is a lovely waterfall between the granite walls. Having arrived close to the end of the day, I got to hike mostly on my own. It made for some lovely pictures. 😀

There was a red covered bridge at the beginning of the hike to The Flume and was definitely my favorite of the trip.

Are these turkeys? 🦃

All along the drive I saw these guys on or near the highway. At first I thought they were vultures because they didn’t have feathers on their heads😅….but then I decided they looked more like turkeys! I obviously don’t know birds! 😂Are these turkeys? 🤷🏻‍♀️

One more bridge! Happy Fall everyone! 🍁