Swiftwater Covered Bridge and a Favorite Tree
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5Do You Have a Favorite Tree?
Basically, I’m wondering if I’m a little strange (my friends are going, Duh!) 🙂 But I like to visit a tree standing over a stone fence in Franconia Notch that I first found in 2008. It’s right along Route 18 and it’s part of the entrance of Lovett’s Inn. We’ve not stayed there yet, but since they have one of my favorite trees, I guess I will have to someday.
I bet you were thinking I was going to describe a long walk or hike to the side of a mountain… Nope, I’m not into big hikes unless I’m really into finding something.
So I try to catch this tree whenever I drive by. I pull into the driveway and snap a picture. It’s like a checkmark on my trip. I have accomplished a little mile marker.
The fiery shot is my first encounter in 2008 on 30 Sept. But I’ve been there on 18 Sept in a later year and obviously, that would be too early. I try to find it in peak condition each year that I come by but I don’t set my calendar to be there on a set day. Rather, it’s more happenstance. I drop in when I’m traveling on Route 18. Some years I miss it entirely and sometimes I drive by, see it, and move on.
In 2018, it was half bare on 18 October, so I did not stop, but just down the road someone had a lot of used skis, and didn’t know what to do with them all… That is where I pulled over.
A Funny Story
We had snowliage that day as you can see in the ski fence above. Well, Lisa and I left the Notch and headed west for the Connecticut River to check the color over there. We stopped at the
I got out, and at about the same time, another gentleman was also walking down the path to this summertime swimming hole. Well,
Then he says he was watching the AutumnWatch New England show on PBS and he asked if I had watched it… As many of you know, I was on the show, but I was wearing a cap so I took that off and I said, “Yup, I was watching it.” NOW, he recognizes me and we have a chuckle over that…
I hope you all are preparing for the colder weather, I saw a picture on Instagram from a friend at Moosehead Lake. She had shared a very snowy scene and I don’t think I’m ready for it yet…
My maple and Oaks around my house are holding onto their leaves as seen below!
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Jeff, I don’t have a favorite tree — I have a favorite kind of tree, and it’s the birch — but I’m even weirder than you because I have favorite rocks, and they’re all on or near a beach in Rhode Island. In fact I was there in mid-October, later decided that I hadn’t had enough of those rocks, and returned for a few days a couple of weeks ago to photograph the rocks some more. No matter the relentless rain!
No more pretty leaves in the yard. Looking forward to dogwood, rhododendron and azalea flowering in the spring.
Love your story and the photo is gorgeous! I’m definitely not ready for winter, but alas it’s here. We got a 1/2 foot of snow overnight! UGH!! I hate winter and we don’t get much of it except the cold air and usually ice here in Southern Kansas. So, waking up to 1/2 foot of snow was not fun! It would have been had I been 20 years younger! But alas, the old bones just don’t like it anymore!
I’m not a big fan of the cold but I look at it this way… no snow then no autumn. Can’t have one without the other…. so bring it on
The Larch Tamarack. It’s a deciduous conifer whose needles turn an attractive gold in fall, then drop. It’s really different and beautiful. We have plenty here, especially on Rt. 116 (Easton Rd.) from Franconia to Lost River!