Welcome To The Mount Washington Auto Road

Today we drove the Mount Washington Auto Road and it was worth it. There is a train you can take to the top and back and there are plenty of hikers taking on the mountain on foot, but we took it with our car. It was a great day to do this......it was a very nice day out and I'm not too sure what the temperature was at the base of the summit (t-shirt and shorts), but the top of the summit it was 52 degrees.....There are ALOT of pictures so bare with me..... :)

This is the little bridge we cross to enter the Mt Washington Auto Road

8 miles to the top!

Got to pay to enter the Auto Road.....

We paid: $25 for car and driver and then $8 for each
additional passenger. Jake got in for free.

Gift Shop!!! Oh, got to go to the Gift Shop!!!!

There's our car and this is the start of our journey

This is one of the t-shirts in the gift shop

Ready? Get your gas now for $3.84 a gallon!

There's our bumper sticker

There's our certificate

Up the hill, errrrr, I mean, mountain....

Lead the way Jake!!!!

Alot of these "pull off" places to enjoy the scenery

There's some water for your radiator, there's a few along the way

Not a bad camera shot as we move about 20 mph

More mountains....well, that's what everyone comes to see, right? :)

Got my camera out the window....still climbing the hill.....

Radiator check!

Road turns to dirt.....

Higher and Higher.....

I want to take home a cloud! :)

Getting there - got to get to 6,288 feet.....still moving....

Almost as high as the mountains around us!

I'm trying different settings on my new camera as I go along....

Remember the sign below - "Summit 8 miles"

Going a little camera crazy with these mountains.....

Whoa!! It's getting steep around here.....

That train was heading downhill.....so neat! I wanna ride the train next time!
This is my favorite picture! :)

Okay! I see the top!

We parked the car and walked up here.....

Checking the clock.....all set! :)

Nope! Not there yet! Stairs to climb now....

231 mph!!!!! Jake buddy, stay next to me.....

Tip Top House! Restored from the original 1853 Tip Top House Hotel
built before the Auto Road and the Cog Railway!

Jake is having a good time. It's 52 degrees and with a super short haircut,
I put a little sweater on him (don't roll your eyes) LOL!

Another sign I found while walking around on top of the world!!! :)

Dad's hanging on so Jake doesn't blow away (it was a slight breeze and he's only 8 pounds)

Still walking around.....

Yep, that's me going nuts with the camera again.....

OH, some information for you.....

Train made it back up again

I wanna ride the train! I think I read it was $45 dollars one way

We are parked down there somewhere

See that in the distance.....see it....hang on, I'll zoom in.....

A ski resort...hmmmmm, don't ask me which ski resort though

Okay, time to drive down the mountain now.......we ready??

Steeper downhill than uphill!!!! Yikes!

More scenery for your viewing pleasure :)

Take a good look, last picture of the mountains

We will follow the Guided Tour van down......

Boy, that was alot of fun, huh?? I could go on and on about Mt Washington and the history, but I think the pictures, says it all...... :) Have a great night. And check on me tomorrow! :) Jake is already snoring......