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When you take scenic drives around the White Mountains of New Hampshire you’re going to pass through a lot of notches. Roads that are cut straight through the hills make for some fantastic photos.
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Unless you’re riding with my husband who hates having anyone in front of him and is constantly jostling for position.
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I can’t tell you how many great shots I’ve lined up just to whizz past them in a blur.
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My husband may be well into the senior citizen age range but you’d never know it by the way he drives.
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Ever come up behind an elderly driver and have to slow to a turtle’s crawl?
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I can guarantee that’s not my spouse. He’s the one coming up in your rear view mirror who makes you move into the next lane to avoid him riding in your back seat.
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It may not look like it, but he was doing about 90 here, passing from the right, next to a big rock. Good times.
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After we exited Crawford Notch and I drew a deep breath?
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We finally visited a place that’s been on my bucket list for years….
To be continued.
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River's world..... 
You sure hubby wasn’t born in Canada, specifically in Alberta? Albertans have a driving style we call “Gotta Be First!” Whenever they see a car in front of them, they speed up, mo matter how fast they are already going, and no matter what the speed limit is. The RCMP do not have to make quotas in Alberta, they surpass them by the 10th day of the month. One guy I met bragged about getting 5 speeding tickets on a 300 km (just under 200 miles) stretch of road. I cannot remember what he said he paid in fines, but it was over $1500 total. He is a true dyed-in-the-wool Redneck!
Speeding tickets aside, those are some pretty pictures.
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Not to be outdone, Manitoba drivers have a different style. When they see a STOP sign they roll through them, seldom coming to a full stop umless they are forced to. And when they see a yellow traffic light, they step on the gas. They can’t stand waiting at red lights.
Whenever my partner does this (in Alberta) I just tell her she she has a Manitoba Driver’s Licence. In our first 10 years together I had to say that alost daily. The last 10 years hardly at all. 😏
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At least my other half stops when he’s supposed to. Yellow lights? Well…
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Hit the gas?
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My husband does have to be first, and does have French Canadian blood on his fathers side. But ironically, no speeding tickets.
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Lucky him.
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I recognize that hotel ~ I haven’t stayed there, but it’s an iconic landmark in that area. Did you try out all the restaurants and both bars?
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As it was off season, there were only two open. We hit the bar at the first and had lunch at the second.
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Is that the hotel in The Shining? Because if it is, I’m so excited for you!! If not it just looks like it but still how magnificent. I, going to ask what Ragwood asked, only, is the hubs a New Mexican? Lol
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No, the exterior shots of the ‘Overlook Hotel’ was actually the Timberline Lodge in Oregon but this might be its east coast cousin.
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Your spouse drives like my spouse.
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And do you stomp on the imaginary brake in the passenger footwell as well?
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All the time, ha. When I’m not reaching for the hand grab!
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I feel you brother.
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What is it about having to be first??? People pass me only to sit right in front of me at practically the same speed I am going at…just because I was in front of them. At least I am not bothered by having a car in front of me, it’s kinda comforting really…especially at night.
Deb
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If my husband passes you? He won’t be sitting in front of you. He’ll be a blur out of the corner of your eye…
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I am looking forward to your visit to the place I shall not name here. I have never been there myself, but I know of it well.
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You’re in luck. Our tour will take six blogs to completely cover it.
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I am looking forward to it!
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You can’t beat armchair traveling for saving gas.
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OMG!! The Shining HOTEL!!!!!!!
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Not quite…. but it could be.
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Never mind, I saw the comment. But man, it looks so much like it!
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Wrong part of the country, but it does look like it.
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