Sharp's Travels

We left the 5-wheel at 8am this morning. We were headed to Fryeburg for an outing with Sharleen & Robyn.
We stopped in Auburn at Denny’s for breakfast. We took the truck this morning because we could cross over into New Hampshire to top the tank off. Gas is cheaper there by about 10 cents per gallon. We arrived at Sharleen & Robyn’s about 11:20am. We loaded up right away and were on our way to the Franconia Notch State Park.
Our first stop was Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway. We bought our tickets and boarded the tram for the 8 minute ride up the mountain. The tram car holds 80 people and ascends 2,202 feet vertically. We watched a number of gliders glide around the mountain tops.
We exited the tram and hiked up the narrow cliff side trail to the tower. We climbed up the stairway and took in the panoramic views of the distant valleys and mountains. We picked a perfect day, you could see for miles and miles in all directions. The top of Cannon Mountain summit was at 4,200 feet.
We could stay up as long as we wanted and then caught another tram back down.
Our ticket also included another attraction, The Flume. We were back in the car headed down the road a few miles to this attraction.
The Flume is a natural gorge extending 800 ft at the base of Mt. Liberty, with spectacular waterfalls, vistas and covered bridges.
We hiked the 3 miles, up and down, into the gorge. There were boardwalks and stairs that clung to the rock walls as we got to the top of the flume. We took the trail back around to take in the pool form the covered bridge. This trail had some big rocks that had tree roots that clung around the rocks. Check out the pictures, it sure was different. For more information see their web site at http://www.visitnh.gov/flume/index.html
We were hungry and all hiked out when we got back to the car. Robyn knew of this restaurant back in Lincoln called Gordie’s so we stopped there for supper.
We arrived back in Fryeburg around 7:15pm. By the time we got back to the 5-wheel it was 10pm.
It was a great day! Thanks Sharleen & Robyn.
Gay has uploaded pictures of the day, see album: Cannon Mountain-The Flume.