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“One of America’s 10 best towns and main streets!” Way to wear it proud Littleton! 🙌

Jax Jr. Cinemas marquee on Main Street in Littleton NH welcoming visitors and noting the town is one of Americas 10 best towns and main streets
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Polly’s Pancake Parlor was delicious and the busiest place we’ve eaten at on our trip, by a long shot. 🥞

  • Tyler: 3 OREO Pancakes.
  • Mazie: Buckwheat chocolate chip, Oatmeal buttermilk blueberry, Gingerbread walnut.
  • Tammy: OREO Pancake, Corn and Coconut, Oatmeal buttermilk chocolate chip.
  • Jamie: Buckwheat blueberry, Corn with coconut, Gingerbread with walnuts

Polly's Pancake Parlor restaurant exterior, a dark wood barn-style building with red metal roof, flower boxes, and a garden in frontTwo kids posing beside the large yellow and red Pollys Pancake Parlor sign along a rural New Hampshire road on a sunny summer day.

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Ever since we did our Charlie Brown Tree with Adam Gale of Rust n’ Grain I’ve found myself appreciating tree carvings more. I love this Moose that was in the Flume Gorge visitor center. I especially liked the details.

Two children stand beside a tall carved wooden moose statue dressed as a hiker inside the Flume Gorge visitor center in New Hampshire. Carved wooden moose wearing a New Hampshire Parks and Recreation hat and bandana, holding a backpack decorated with state park patches including Mt. Washington and Franconia Notch. Large wooden moose carving seen from behind wearing a carved backpack painted with NH state outline in American flag colors and NH lettering inside Flume Gorge visitor center Carved wooden moose backpack detail showing New Hampshire Parks and Recreation patch, Flume Gorge and Lafayette Place stickers, and a blue butterfly Close-up of a carved wooden moose torso wearing shorts with a pocket note reading Moose-A-Laneous List of things to do at the Flume: 1. Have Fun!
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Flume Gorge

This morning we drove from St. Johnsbury over to New Hampshire for the day. Our first event of the day was an amazing 2+ mile hike to see the Flume Gorge. Due to COVID-19 they were requiring tickets and timed entries. When we got there people were actually queued up to get in which seemed surprising to me. As we made our way up the gorge I realized why this was such a popular hike. The route was stunning, which immaculate paths and great wooden staircases going right up inside the gorge itself! I kept wondering what this must be like in the Spring when so much more water must be going down it.

The pictures below are in order as you start at the bottom of the gorge and hike up further until the waterfall at the very beginning of the gorge.

Shallow stream spreading across wide flat granite slabs surrounded by green forest at the base of a gorge *At the bottom of the gorge the water spreads out over this broad granite.* Family of four posing on rocky ground beside a shallow stream in a forested gorge, smiling at the camera. *Family photo towards the bottom of the gorge.* Rocky mountain stream cascading over moss-covered boulders through a dense forest with a wooden walkway visible in the background. *Here the gorge is coming out of the boulders and starting to go more vertical.* Rocky stream flowing through a narrow forested gorge with a wooden footbridge and hikers on a path alongside *Crossing one of several bridges as we walk along either side of the gorge.* Narrow granite gorge with a wooden boardwalk along one wall, hikers pausing at a railing, a stream rushing over boulders below, mossy cliffs rising on both sides into forest above. *The elaborate walkways and stairs are impressive to take you directly up the gorge.* Hikers climb wooden stairs alongside a rushing waterfall inside a narrow granite gorge with moss-covered walls. *Stairs going up through a narrow passage in the gorge.* Wooden boardwalk alongside a narrow rocky gorge with a stream cascading over boulders, surrounded by moss-covered cliffs and green trees, with several visitors walking ahead. *My favorite photo from inside the gorge with all the lush greens and the walkways.* Family of four smiling for a selfie in front of a waterfall cascading over rocky cliffs in a lush green gorge *Family selfie with the falls at the top in the background.* Two people standing in front of a cascading waterfall over mossy granite boulders, one wearing a pink bucket hat and light blue graphic tee, the other in a gray mountain-scene shirt, with a wooden *Tammy and Mazie in front of the falls at the top.* Interior of a rustic wooden covered footbridge with diagonal timber trusses, a woman photographing the view, and two people walking ahead toward green forest. *Inside covered bridge crossing the Pemigewasset River.* Wooden covered footbridge spanning a rocky stream in a dense green forest, with two people visible on the bridge deck. *Covered bridge above the pool along the Pemigewasset River.*

Here is our walking path totaling 2.3 miles.

GPS track of a looping trail hike through forested terrain, color-coded yellow to orange showing pace, with a red pin marking the start and end point.
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Nice place to put your feet in the water and relax a bit. Littleton, NH.

Rocky shallow river flowing under a wooden covered bridge surrounded by lush green vegetation in Littleton NH
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Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 9, Sunday

Weather: Still a bit rainy in the morning, but cleared up. Fairly warm in the afternoon. Evening turned out nice.

Jump to day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 of Vermont Road Trip.

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Levitt Amp Conert on Dog Mountain with Mike Mains and The Branches performing. 🎶

Outdoor concert on a hillside lawn at Levitt Amp St. Johnsbury Music Series, crowd seated in chairs and blankets facing a small stage with green mountains behind
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Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium

We visited the Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium today in St. Johnsbury, VT. The museum has been operating since 1889, and is a bit of a museum piece itself. It shows what this type of museum would have been like a hundred years ago, with only small modifications to the displays. We also took in two sessions at the planetarium.

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Dog Mountain Chapel

When Tammy was researching our Vermont Trip she ran across a place called Dog Mountain just outside of St. Johnsbury, VT. Dog Mountain is a 150 acre private mountaintop spot created by Stephen Huneck and his wife Gwen, as a place for people and dogs to enjoy themselves. Unfortunately we don’t have Lucky with us on this trip, but we still wanted to visit Dog Mountain to check it out.

One of the special places on Dog Mountain is the Chapel. In the Chapel people place photos and notes on the walls to honor the dogs that they have had to say goodbye to. It was an amazing spot, and when Mazie took a pen and put a note on the wall for Chase it made me shed a fresh tear for our great dog that we had to say goodbye to in 2018.

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Double IPA Lemon Cello from Hill Farmstead Brewery. Wow, unique and good. 🍋