Sept 27th: Lincoln, NH - Airbnb and the Boulder Loop Trail

 

We left Portland and headed to Lincoln, New Hampshire in the White Mountains. The drive was wonderful. It is such a contrast from the mountains around San Diego. Everything was very, very green! 

I expected our Airbnb to be pretty nice. It exceeded our expectations!

Our unit was on the fourth floor of a condominium building and had a great view with a nice balcony.

The unit was very well supplied including a full kitchen.

There was even a quite large jaccuzi tub for the master bedroom and a regular sized jaccuzi tub in the second bathroom.

And, a very nice great room open to all of the guests.

Steve sitting in a hickory wood rocker in the great room

I selected this Airbnb because it was conveniently located near numerous hiking trails as well as a small tourist town, Lincoln. The area is very popular with snow skiers.

Terri on the trail 
showing a size
perspective. Wall of
rock ahead of her

Scott did a great job researching the hiking trails and finding those we would enjoy and could handle. Terri, Scott and I hiked the Boulder Loop trail. It was challenging but we've all been hiking and the elevations weren't extreme.

Steve and Scott

I got carried away with pictures as it was a beautiful day with many spectacular views. Here are some of the best pictures.

The trail followed along a huge rock wall that was awesome. The hiking was a challenge due to many rocks and tree roots in the trail.

The view looking out from the summit of our hike was incredible. Fortunately it was a very clear day.

Our weather was unusually warm for this time of year but there were some signs of Autumn leave colors that are coming soon. 

Scott on the trail

The hike on the way down was also very striking due to many huge rocks and boulders, hence the name Boulder Loop Trail.

When we drove in to the park we went across a covered bridge. It has an interesting history. 

Unfortunately, my finger blocks part of this picture but  most of the info is here

The bridge is fairly long for a covered bridge as you can see in the picture. There was a very pretty stream under the bridge. Here are some historical facts about the bridge.

Historical Remarks:

The first bridge on this site was constructed in 1857 and destroyed by a windstorm in 1858. At that time, Amzi Russell and Leandre Morton entered into an agreement with the town to build a new bridge for $1,300 minus the amount previously paid for the original bridge. The bridge has wide shallow arches and sharply raked facades. The U.S. Forest Service replace the wooden floor timbers with steel in 1981-1982. Near the bridge is a mud sill, taken from the bed of the river by the U.S. Forest Service, which probably supported the falsework or scaffolding during the construction of the span. The Albany Bridge is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.

Nephew Christopher and Niece Stephanie were meeting us in Lincoln at our Airbnb. They chose the extreme distance and elevation hike to do on the way while we were doing our "less strenuous" hike. We returned from our hike and waited for them to arrive. Dinner was planned at One Love Brewery, a local place that the Scotts had enjoyed on an earlier trip.