North Conway Slowdown Appreciated 

What kind of places in your travels do you find most relaxing?

Ruth and I are now well into the third week of our Eastern state road trip, enjoying a well earned rest and cooler weather in the resort town of North Conway, New Hampshire. There’s nothing flashy about the front side of our motel called The Golden Gables Inn. But around the quieter back portion where our room’s located, the well manicured grounds interspersed with beautiful trees, creative artwork and the pleasing toots of passing trains provides some solitude at this latter part of the trip that we so desire.  Check out some photos I took from this lovely motel “getaway”.

I might further note that the main reason I chose North Conway as a stopover in the first place happened to be its reasonable  proximity westward to the White Mountains of New Hampshire and eastward the Atlantic Ocean shorelines of Maine. So it’s good to know we will be well rested as we side trip in the next two days to each of these locations. For we will be traversing some rugged topography along winding country roads.

Know that some major decisions must be made as we travel south, heading back to Florida next week. Do we try to save time and stay east on the densely crowded I- 95 corridor? Or do we add more time and distance to our trip and head back in a more interior, zig zag meander from Pennsylvania through the Appalachian/ Blue Ridge Mountains? Of course, there  will always be the weather to consider as well. In any event, we will be up for the challenge.