Our fall foliage trip this year we decided to go along the southern portion of the Connecticutt River Valley border between Vermont and New Hampshire. After reviewing the foliage guide on-line the foliage should be near peak in this section of New England. The trip through southern New Hampshire to get to the river valley had some nice scenery along the way.
Our first stop was a nice find when we pulled over for a Starbuck’s coffee the Ashuelot River Park in Keene, New Hampshire.
Next up we drive through Surry, New Hampshire.
Charlestown, New Hampshire is the boyhood home of Red Sox Hall of Famer Carleton Fisk.
A historic marker commemorating General John Stark’s Expedition to Bennington is also in Charlestown.
On a side note there is a memorial stone marking Stark’s birthplace in Derry, New Hampshire.
A short detour over the river into Springfield, Vermont brings us to the Eureka Schoolhouse and Baltimore Covered Bridge. The 1968 reconstruction duplicates the 1790 schoolhouse which served Springfield’s first village.
The Baltimore Covered Bridge has been relocated to the same location.
Heading back into New Hampshire Hoyts Landing provides access to the river.
The Union Church is in Claremont, New Hampshire.
The Birthplace of Salmon P. Chase in Cornish provided the best pictures of the trip. The house is surrounded by beautiful trees that were in full foliage.
The Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge is the longest covered bridge in the United States.
We have visited Augustus Saint-Gaudens National Historic Park on many occasions but this is our first trip during foliage season.
Adjacent to the main park is the Blow-me-Down Mill administered by the National Park Service.
The Blow-me-Down Covered Bridge is also in Cornish.
Overall a successful foliage trip not 100% full foliage but very good. We will see if we can get it right next year.
