We had stopped in Littleton, NH as Jeff wanted to go to the Littleton Coin Company.  But, we only planned to be there two nights and one full day on a Sunday.  But, we found that the Littleton Coin Company isn’t open on Sunday.  Darn!  We considered going there early Monday before we headed out but didn’t really have time.

So, we looked around for something else to do on Sunday.  We discovered that we were very close to the White Mountains and Mt. Washington, the highest point in NH, and that there was a road to the very top of the mountain with an observatory.  So we decided to drive up the mountain.  NO!  The road was closed as there was a car race happening.  So, instead we took a drive through the White Mountains area which is very pretty!

The whole area was formed by glaciers, and the owner at the RV park explained that the various narrow long ridges are called “notches”.  We drove through a couple, where there was mountains on either side and the space between would get more and more narrow until you were going through a very narrow notch – then it would open back up.  The movement of the glaciers past the mountains made some very interesting granite cliffs.  Here are some pictures of the Swift River and the granite mountain sides: