This is 100-mile visibility.
Today turned out to be such a startlingly brilliant day, that we knew we had to be on top of Mount Washington. Neither of us being in physical condition for a serious hike this particular day, we took to the auto road. Plus, Louis loves “exciting” drives, something which I cannot relate to at all! I was a white-knuckled passenger and tried my best not to tell Louis when to shift and break. He is in fact an excellent driver, and I trust him completely, but that road is just intrinsically terrifying, ain’t no two ways about it. But we made it!
On top of the world
We spent a good 2 hours lazing around on top of Mt. Washington (6,288′), which is, as far as I’m concerned, the best way to experience it. It is a rare day indeed when the summit of Washington invites lazing around. The first time I ascended it with my mom, almost a decade ago, it was cold and rainy with maybe 20 feet of visibility and sustained 60 mph winds, and that was a typical day.
There's one of the AMC huts by a lake.
Cog Railway goes up to the top as well.
Occasionally, there was a cloud. Hello there!