Joan and I headed back to East Washington yesterday. The weather was better; a bright blue sky with scattered wispy clouds. My goal was the Baptist church I had “missed” the day before and the nearby Bradford Bog.
I had noticed the church on Friday. It sits atop a small hill less than a hundred yards from the Purling Beck Hall. I had even headed up towards it in the truck, but I was unsure if I was trespassing or not so I turned around. A bit of research on the web revealed that it was still publicly accessible. So, back I went.
While looking at the map after arriving back at home on Friday, I noticed the Bradford Bog, a white cedar bog, not more than half a mile from the Purling Beck Hall. Thus once we finished photographing the buildings in East Washington, we donned our blaze orange (always a good idea in hunting season) took a walk along the boardwalk in this delightful bog. The boardwalk ends at a raised lookout overlooking the bog ringed with hills. From this vantage the bog was not particularly photogenic in its suit of November gray. However, at other times of the year, I am guessing that it is very photogenic. I’ll be headed back at some point.
After the bog, we drove another back road loop getting as far north as Lake Sunapee before heading back south towards home. As we passed though Washington, the buildings on the green were unencumbered by signs of modernity but alas, the light was gone… next time!
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