No, the vacation series isn’t over yet, I just thought I’d give you a few days break.

Leaving the Sculptured Rocks geological site, we drove through the Cockermouth Forest.

Yes. I swear….

We did.

I’m reasoning that Cocker Spaniels are bird retrieval dogs, and therefor have tender mouths.

Yes.

That’s my explanation… and I’m sticking to it.

We headed back to our resort through Franconia Notch which was starkly devoid of leaves.

And went through the town of Carroll, where moose are clearly being held prisoner.

The Mount Washington valley still had snow..

And loomed majestic.

Back in the Bethel/Newry area, we regained the foliage.

And headed for beer.

Sunday River brewery is a large restaurant and pub that seemed to be packed with locals and tourists alike every night. We did a flight, and weren’t overly impressed with the quality…. so I switched to an Apple Smash, which was a wonderful concoction whose list of ingredients I don’t recall. But there were copious amounts of apple Crown Royal…

And isn’t that really all you need to know?

Seeing that I love soft bar pretzels and the husband doesn’t, I ordered some for my appetizer.

Holy Mother of God! Served with warm blue cheese beer sauce, they were absolutely the best I’ve ever had. I instantly forgave them their lousy beer and planned on filling a dump truck with these and riding off into the sunset.

Husband had a tasty salad..

And we both had the baked haddock, which sadly was dry and uninteresting.

Back at our resort for the night, we opted for the stairs instead of the elevator and were bombarded by yet another section of hideous carpet.

Christ, if that doesn’t give you nightmares…

Nothing will.