Visiting the White Mountains of New Hampshire

The White Mountains were always one of those places that I wanted to see and visit more,  having only just passed through them once or twice in the past.

Then this year, the coronavirus pandemic only really allowed for vacations to places within driving distance.  New England became an obvious choice.  And the White Mountains within New England grew in appeal.

In time,  it seemed one of the obvious places to aim to visit.

The tallest and most famous of the mountains is,  of course,  Mount Washington.  At 6,288 feet,  it is the tallest peak in the northeast of North America,  and one of the most impressive mountains east of the Mississippi River.

After a rough night of traveling,  we woke up and left our hotel in Brattleboro,  Vermont,  and headed up to the White Mountains of neighboring New Hampshire.

One thing that was impossible not to notice was just how cold it got.  It was not entirely that surprising.  After all,  it is very late in the summer season,  we traveled quite far up north,  and were at a higher altitude than we were used to.  Also,  the White Mountains are famous for having erratic weather patterns that can change on a dime.  So it was not a shock when it went from the sunny and largely clear skies in lower Vermont to cloudy and rainy and cool the closer we got to the White Mountains.

But they are beautiful,  and it was worth the whipping winds and gusts of rain.

The pictures reveal sunny skies in the surrounding area,  but with clouds hovering over the tallest peaks of the White Mountains.

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