New England - (Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine)

This was one of me very few trips where I had to do a lot of driving :-( Infact had to drive as much as 1400 miles in the three days as we moved from Boston, MA to other states like Maine & North Hampshire. Never knew that all these states were together called New Englan States..

It was the labor day weekend of 2005 and got a pricey ticket to Boston and had a good time travelling in the metros to Quicey where my friend was staying..Lot of different persons..always love the public transposrt..Back in India and also here..Walked through the silent streets of Boston to my friend's(Siva) apartment. Siva is one of the persons who can talk with anyone he wants..at one point of time he had the entire floor in Tidel his friends..

Had a tough time getting car in Hertz and had to travel to another hertz with the girl over there.. she was cute..so did not mind the trouble..she had plans of going to Rhode Island for a wedding..Got a Chevy Cavaliar..a small car for 4 people.. Siva's roommate Subhankar joined us at the last minute. Siva's one more friend Balaji also travelled from his place to Boston and we were ready to hit the road.

We first went to Mt Washington the highest peak in the North Eastern United States. We had to drive to it's 6288 foot summit over a 8 mile long Mt Washington Cariage Road overlooking the presidential range of the white mountains of New hampshire. It was a scary ride and we had to move in the first gear through the whole ride. There were winds as fast as 60 miles/hour...Riding back was more scary and got a certificate for climbing it. Went and stayed at a Extended Stay and Siva made a delicious sambar and some boiled eggs. One of the better meals in the trip.

Next day it was a long ride to Maine and went to Acadia national park there. Nothing much to do but there were some scenic drives and there was a wonderful restuarant which had a good spread of sea foods. For the first time ate some Lobsters(heard the Maine is the biggest producer of lobsters in US). Made it back to extended stay and some more food cooked by Siva.

Third day we have planned the Rafting and we moved to Kennebec River and went for a level 5 Rafting(level 6 is the thrillest) .. There was a Indian Couple their son and their relative in the same boat. Only one word to describe it..Thrilling....Went back to Boston. Night roamed around the downtown and saw a big rat in the road (My first rat in US).

Moved around Boston on the next day to MIT and to a nice Gujarathi Restuarant.

Tips: Dont miss the Lobsters and Plan and Book early for Rafting.