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New Hampshire trip

October 10-14, 2001

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Steep hike on Mt. Ascutney

We finally made a nice trip back to visit Maria's brothers in New Hampshire. Three of the four brothers now live within about 5 miles of each other in the area south of Hanover.

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 After a lovely buying spree at EMS in White River Junction, we headed to Mt. Ascutney to try out some new gear.

This is the view from Brownsville Rock,
on the summit ridge and facing North.

I think that tiny town below is Brownsville.

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 It was a tough hike, but worth it.

Maria took Paul part way. I was dying.

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 Here's the view from the front
of Skip and Sue's house.

This was taken from the same
spot, but zoomed in.

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 This is from Skip's front porch.

Next morning we headed out for a walk.

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 This is John Schell's new house as seen from just above Skip's long driveway. The houses are just out of sight of each other.

Maria heading off.

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 This one reminds me of Frost's
Stopping by Woods

To wrap up our time with the brothers,
we went with Tom's family to visit
Queechee Gorge.

That bridge is several hundred
feet above the river, I think.

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 The hike down is not bad. It's a constant grade path with crushed stone. No trouble even for kids.

Here's Tom and Christopher.

Paul of course had not trouble.

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 I love this shot of Stephanie and Mallory.

Here's the happy family!

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 Paul is lucky to have such nice cousins.

On the way home, we stopped by Salem, New Hampshire to visit the Viau homestead.
Donna was gone so she will have to meet Paul the next time. Jim and Ben are seen here.

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 Ben dug up a box of toys from the attic for Paul. Paul liked this rattle so much that Jim gave it to him.

Ben feeding Paul in the "clamp chair".

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 Our final stop on the way home was in Wakefield, Massachusetts to visit the Hillakers. Here's Grace with Paul. She's turning out to be a darling, despite her father's looks! (Sorry Andy)
So, this was a great trip that we will surely repeat.
Thanks to Skip and Sue for their immense hospitality during our visit.


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