Day 8, Keene NH to N. Conway NH, 135 miles

We woke up to brisk temperatures with a very heavy rainstorm.  Fortunately it petered out by mid morning.  The leaks through the cowl were particularly annoying and will get some attention when we finish this adventure.  Glad to say the vacuum wipers did OK today, they have gotten a workout and seem to get better with use.

My uncle's brick house and yard
has not changed much in 175 years

Our short stay in Keene was very pleasant.  Bill spent summers here in the '60's. The town had grown considerably, yet many of the places Bill remembered looked exactly the same--including his aunt and uncle's former home that was built in 1825.  He reminisced, we took a few pictures and moved on toward N. Conway.

Nance picked up the Sunday edition of the Keene Sentinel newspaper.  One of my uncle's friends published this paper and we noted that his son continues the job.  We both enjoyed the quality of the writing and the breadth and depth of the reporting. We're accustomed to reading ideological, superficial newspapers in New Mexico and were surprised at coverage of local and national issues that included historical, geographical and social context.      

We continued NE on NH 9 headed toward Concord.  There we took about 30 miles of I 93 north to

All sorts of prewar cars
can be seen on a Glidden Tour

exit near the north end of Lake Winnepausauki.  We continued NE mostly on NH 25 skirting the eastern edge of the White Mountain range. The LaSalle took a bit of a pounding here, some of the roads had significant frost damage.  Finally, around 1 PM we rolled into the host hotel parking lot, tired but still fully functional.  We enjoyed seeing many old cars and still more old friends.  Some had actually read this blog!

We will be signing off for most of this week.  There are too many tour activities to leave much time for blogging.  But we may manage to get a picture or comment in here and there.  Until next week, see you down the road!