Yesterday, I took another drive around the White Mountains to “leaf peep” and photograph.
I did not get going until mid-morning so I decided to concentrate on the west side… Franconia Notch and Crawford Notch. I got off the interstate at Campton and took US 3 (the Daniel Webster Highway) north to Franconia. There, I stopped for lunch at a favorite spot, Wendle’s Deli, for a sandwich.
From there I wandered north and east through Whitefield and Jefferson, my goal was the north end of Jefferson Notch Road, where I turned south. Jefferson Notch Road is a lightly traveled, summer only, well maintained dirt road that leads from US 2 to Crawford Notch.
Heading south from Crawford Notch, I took the Bear Notch Road (another summer only, but paved road) short cut from Bartlett to the Kancamangus Highway and arrived at the pass just in time for the sunset. From there it is just a short drive to I-93 in Lincoln and the roughly 90 minute drive back home.
The day was just OK for landscape photography… the sun shone brightly and there were widely scattered clouds which never seemed to be in the “right” direction.
Here are the results:
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