Fall Foliage and Cover Bridges

I went on a weekend camera club getaway with The Gateway Camera Club.  It was a blast.  At first, it looked like Hurricane Joaquin might spoil things, but thank goodness it went out to sea, and we had excellent weather!  It was very chilly in the mornings, but warmed up to the 50s in the daytime.
(36 degrees this morning when I left)

I decided to stop and see as many covered bridges that were in the vicinity of my road trip as I could.  I ended up seeing nine eight different bridges:

#1:  Squam River Bridge
Location:  Ashland, NH
Traffic Allowed:  Vehicles
Built:  1990
Truss Type:  Town

#2:  Blair Bridge
Location:  Campton, NH
Traffic Allowed:  Vehicles
Built:  1869
Truss Type:  Long and Arch  

#3:  Jack O'Lantern Bridge
Location:  Woodstock, NH
Traffic Allowed:  Pedestrians
Built:  1986
Truss Type:  Town

#4:  Swift River Bridge
Location:  Conway, NH
Traffic Allowed:  Pedestrians
Built:  1870
Truss Type:  Paddleford and Arch

#5:  Flume Bridge
Location:  Lincoln, NH
Traffic Allowed:  Vehicles
Built:  1871
Truss Type:  Paddleford

#6:  Sentinel Pine Bridge
Location:  Lincoln, NH
Traffic Allowed:  Pedestrians
Built: 1939
Truss Type:  Stringer with Multiple Kingpost

The origin of both the name and the bridge itself is from a giant pine tree uprooted by the hurricane of 1938.  The fallen tree trunk bridged the river and forms the base for the covered bridge.

#7:  Bartlett Covered Bridge
Location:  Bartlett, NH
Traffic Allowed:  Pedestrians (and shoppers)
Built:  1851
Truss Type:  Paddleford and Arch

#8:  Durgin Bridge
Location:  Sandwich, NH
Traffic Allowed:  Vehicles
Built: 1869
Truss Type:  Paddleford and Arch

 Durgin Bridge was the longest drive off my route, the bridge I worked hardest to find.  The last stretch of road was a dirt road, and the house that was closest to the bridge appeared to be abandoned (although I couldn't be sure but to be safe, I didn't park in front of it).

Besides covered bridges, there were plenty of other subjects to catch my eye.  I took lots of photos, but some setting was off in my camera and my sleep-deprived brain could not figure it out, so I only have a limited number of photos that I can stand to share.  Here are the highlights:

Kancamagus Scenic Highway

Lincoln Woods

a young moose!

Bear Notch Road

Lower Falls

Lily Pond

The Flume Gorge (Lincoln, NH)

The Frost Place (Franconia, NH)

Chutters (Littleton, NH)

Home of the longest candy counter in the world!

Omni Mt. Washington Resort (Bretton Woods, NH)

View towards Crawford Notch State Park

Back to Kancamagus Scenic Highway

Lily Pond