New York, Vermont, New Hampshire & Maine Drive

We recently did a little traveling in the USA.  We drove along upstate New York, into Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine on route from Ontario to home.

Rouses Point, New York 

   

 

Crossing the bridge from New York to Vermont

 

Our lunch spot at Alburgh, Vermont Welcome Centre

 

On route to New Hampshire

 

Enjoying the fall colours on our drive
Joe's Pond, Vermont

 

Tourist Information area at Littleton, New Hampshire 

 

Crawford Notch Depot, New Hampshire

 

Crawford Notch

 

Fall colours in White Mountains National Forest, New Hampshire

 

Silver Cascade, White Mountains National Forest

 

 

Front balcony at Golden Gables Inn, North Conway, NH

 

We enjoyed a wonderful breakfast here at this quaint place,  
Priscilla's Restaurant in North Conway, New Hampshire
We would highly recommend it.

 

Side garden at Priscilla's Restaurant, a little of everything.

 

Scenic view along our drive

 

Near Bucksport, Maine

 

Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory, near Bucksport, Maine.

 

Observation tower on this bridge offers a panoramic 360-degree view, forty-two stories high – one of only three such Bridge Observatories in the world and the only one in the western hemisphere.

 

 

Pabineau Falls, New Brunswick

Pabineau Falls is on private land owned and managed by the Pabineau First Nation, but very accessible to the public.

The Nepisiquit River squeezes through a maze of boulders as it flows towards the Bay of Chaleur. The area was the ancient fishing area for the Mi'k Maq Indians. Now in early fall you can often see a local salmon fisherman on the river. We also saw salmon trying to jump the falls.

Paul and I took a drive on Friday to see the Falls and it was quiet a spectacle.

To give you some idea of the amount of water coming over the rocks, here is a comparison showing the impact of the spring run-off. The photo below was taken August 2009 when my friend Bunty and I were visiting the Falls. You will see in the next photo, the rocks we were sitting on are now under water.

Here are a few action photos of the water. Why is water so fascinating?

The first sunny day we get next week, we plan on making with a picnic lunch and return to the Falls.

Colours of the Canadian Maple Leaf

Paul and I have been enjoying the fall colours over the past two days. Yesterday, and again today, we went to Pabineau Falls, a 20-minute drive from our house.


Even though the leaves were very dry, due to the lack of rain over the past couple of months, the maple trees were in full colour. My favourite are the bright red ones.

We were treated to a little wild life while at the Falls. There was a young beaver in a hole in the rocks near the falls. Someone had put a few branches in the hole to help the little critter escape.....

...which he did, as he swam by us while we were sitting on the rocks enjoying the sound of the running water. It was amazing to see a beaver so close.

Paul and I spent quite some time also watching the Atlantic salmon jumping the Falls. After one or more years at sea, the Atlantic Salmon travel in an extraordinary journey that may span more than 4,000 km of open ocean, to return to the rivers, and the location where they were born. In Canada, Atlantic Salmon spawn in October and November. The ability of salmon to jump falls and other obstacles in the river to reach spawning grounds has been a wonder for centuries. Paul was able to get a photo of one attempting a jump. See the bottom right of this photo near the waterfalls.

Unfortunately this sport fisherman was not permitted to fish near the falls where the salmon were jumping. He is only permitted to fish down stream.

Paul and I took a walk on the trails along the river.

Here are some of the colours that we enjoyed.

Fall Colours in Northern New Brunswick