Autumn in Berlin, NHThat former mill town of Berlin, New Hampshire (pronounced without an accent on the last syllable) is a gateway to the North Country, as it is called. You can tell you cross an imaginary line when you go through here headed north in New Hampshire. These photos were taken on October 17 and you can see the foliage was running riot. And the weather was stormy. It left snow on the high peaks and there were snowflakes blowing in with the rain at times.
The previous six images were taken off Cates Hill. Berlin is built in a valley of the Androscoggin River. Houses and side streets run up the steep sides of the valley.
Mount Forest overshadows part of the city of Berlin.
Another view looking down on the city of Berlin, this time from the Holy Resurrection Russian Orthodox Church on Petrograd Street. Russian workers came here escaping the wars in Russia to work in the woods and mills. They joined the French Canadian lumberman and local New Englanders.
Looking westward on US Route 2 in Randolph.
An old community church along US Route 2 in Randolph, NH. Berlin and Randolph are north of Mount Washington. The Presidential Range overshadows these surrounding towns. By Monday, the 19th, the storm had cleared leaving the higher peaks like this:
This view is from southeast of Mount Washington: Sweden, Maine. Fall in the White Mountains
Evans Notch is a less-visited part of the White Mountain National Forest. There are no 4,000 ft. peaks, huge expansive vistas, nor direct access to the Appalachian Trail (AT). And it is in Maine. In the winter, the road is not maintained, that is, not plowed.
The ledges of East Royce are in the background.
The panoramic view almost at the height of land. See South Baldface on the right. You may notice that this area is less well maintained too. In recent years, locations like this viewpoint have been left to brush growing up and the picnic tables and signs have been removed.
Wild River in a placid mood.
I return to this place again and again over the years. It is often quiet, always beautiful. It is a little melancholic to see it in disrepair whilst access is restricted in places by parking pass requirements. I'll still enjoy it. Soon I plan on posting another post on the red leaves of autumn, but this year the reds have held on so long I am waiting to see what else turns up. Maine Coast cyclingBoothbay Harbor is said to close up the Sunday night before Columbus Day. It definitely was less crowded than during mid-summer. So with our late foliage season, it was about the perfect time for a bicycle tour around the area. We ended up having a perfect fall day for the ride.
First, leaving Boothbay, we went down Linkekin Neck to Reeds Island.
Then we circled back and went down around Ocean Point.
And back up to East Boothbay. No, we didn't eat the donuts, sadly.
Next we went west through Boothbay Harbor and on to the Maine State Aquarium. It was closed. (Remember what I said at the beginning of the post.)
Boothbay Harbor panorama. Then we continued on to Southport Island, crossing the swinging bridge.
After continuing down the island, we came to the pier at Newagen.
The close island in the back is the Ark, and on the right is a lighthouse on the Cuckolds: Cuckolds Light.
Cape Island
Hunting Island
We cycled back up the west side of the island to Hendricks Harbor and got to see Hendricks Light.
Then it was back up to the mainland to Boothbay Harbor for lunch.
Afterwards riding northwest we crossed over to Hodgdon Island.
Finally we looped around again and headed back to Boothbay.
All in all, an excellent ride. Fifty miles total. It would have taken a quarter the time without the camera. All photos taken with the Fuji XF-1. The miniature filter was used for some images. The Fuji tends to make stars out of bright spots like the sun if a smaller aperture is used. In other words, the sunstars are intentional. Most photos were taken in RAW format and processed in Lightroom. I am still working on optimum color. Lunar eclipse 2015
About 11:10 pm. It started like this:
After it was over, about 12:44 am. To put it all together:
Moonset the next morning seemed very early.
Technical data: Nikon D600 with AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED Duesenberg Straight 8Have you ever wanted to see a Duesenberg Straight 8 engine? Maybe you didn't know that you wanted to see one?
The oil level gauge and drain lever.
The Stromberg carburetor.
The exhaust (no photo of the exhaust bypass system).
Photos are of a car in the Bahre collection. |
