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WHAT WE DID
We followed I-99 to
Lewiston then headed inland via Naples and Bridgton to North Conway. Not an overly exciting drive for the
most part … an Interstate, so can’t expect much. But given that it wasn’t great driving weather, it was a
pleasantly uneventful trip.
We stayed at the
Golden Gables. A bit like the
Interstate … pleasantly uneventful.
As was North Conway. But I would like to thank the management of the
Golden Gables for allowing a late change to our booking due (one less night). The room was fine and in the block away
from road noise and I loved accommodation where you could open the windows and
not be stuck with air-con.
We did a little
sightseeing and a little shopping in the North Conway area. That night we had an outstanding meal
at the Moat Mountain Brewery. The
serves were great value and absolutely enormous! We had more than enough to have leftovers as a picnic lunch
the next day!! Breakfast before we
left was at Peaches. The less said
the better … very meagre servings (though maybe that was a good thing given the
quality of the ham and the overcooked eggs) and poor service (there were only 2
tables to look after but they were busy doing their books) … it think it wins
most disappointing breakfast of the trip.
WHAT WE WOULD CHANGE
The preplanned route
was to go via I-95 to Augusta then head in via Bethal and Gorham and then south
on Route16 to North Conway. With
two drivers (about 5 hours without stops) and with good weather it would have
been doable.
North Conway wasn’t
“us” … or at least the section where we were wasn’t. Strip malls. Yes,
bigger and better strip malls … but still strip malls! And, while I can understand that this
makes it an attractive destination for some, it wasn’t our ideal stop. I would look at Jackson as an
alternative place to stay.
I was really
disappointed that we only got one night in the White Mountains making it
virtually an overnight stopover rather than a sightseeing base. I was looking forward to Mt Washington,
Franconia Notch, Bretton Woods etc. It was unfortunate that Sandy made us err on the side of
caution, but we got off lightly.
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