New Hampshire Getaway

Back in July when yet another weekend was forecast to be humid and monsooney (yes that's a word if you lived in the Boston area this July) JO leapt into action by securing us a hotel room in the North Conway, NH area last minute.  They were predicted to have much better weather and JO felt a quick trip up North was the cure for our summer woes.

We left around 3:30 on Friday and once we got onto 95 the traffic wasn't too bad.  We stayed at the Eagle Mountain House in Jackson, NH.  On the way up we stopped at the outlets and did a little shopping.  As well as the shopping, we took note of the many mini-golf locations for the next day.

When we arrived at the hotel we decided to grab dinner on their porch with mountain views.

Inspired by the views we started talking about our National Parks trip set for August.  We had fun thinking about all the hiking and adventures we would be going on!  After dinner JO took me to an Irish bar that he and his family used to go to when they would visit the area.  It was fun to get a sneak peek into his younger days.

In the morning we woke up, checked out another pretty view, and played a lot of mini-golf!

We stopped at a local place for lunch before heading to "The Flume" area for some pre-National Parks hiking practice.  The Flume was quite exciting!

We returned home excited by the prospects of more weekend getaways in the future.  I was glad JO was so proactive in saving what could've been another rainy, boring weekend.  Sometimes you need a little mountain in your life :-)