Columbus Day Weekend

This weekend was great, it had not two, but three days that I was able to be away from school. Not only was I able to get away from school, but I was able to get out of state as well. My parents and I took a little vacation up to New Hampshire. It was only a few hours to get there, but we made it. Ya know what the first thing we saw was as we were crossing over into New Hampshire, it was this big sign that said "Welcome to New Hampshire, Live Free or Die" That's a tad bit violent, don't ya think. And then when we were driving to the hotel, on the median of the highway was a huge fire. Yikes, you can't always go by first impressions I guess. While we were there, we took a trip up Loon Mountain (which was right in back of our hotel), went over the Kancamangas Highway, and took a trip up to the top of Mount Washington. Probably the most fun thing of all was the trip to the top of Mount Washington. We took one of those tour vans, cause there was no way in hell I'd ever get in that little train, to get to the top. The ride was fun, except for the fact that we were less than four inches from falling off the road down the mountain side. It was so incredibly steep, you would think they would at least have a guard rail, but NO. The driver said that they don't have a guard rails to scare people so that they won't speed. I guess certain death is a good enough reason. As we climbed higher and higher up the mountain, you saw less and less trees. When we were just about at the top of the mountain, there was this sign that said "hairpin curve". I've never seen one of those signs before, but found out what it meant soon enough. It like a giant U-turn that turns so sharp that it feels like your head's going to fall off. Not the best thing to do on a cliff if you ask me. When we finally got to the top of the mountain, there was no such thing as vegetation, it was just all rocks. But it was so beautiful. It felt as if you were on top of the world. There were clouds and mountains as far as the eye could see, it felt as though you were in heaven. But the wind up there was so incredibly strong, and the cold was so bitter it felt like Antarctica. I think with the wind chill, the temperature up there was 21 degrees, very cold. I did manage to get some cool pictures on our trip and I hope everyone enjoys them. I got to go now, talk to everyone later!
-Love Allie