if you are into live music, the blues, and jazz theres a really nice blues
restaurant in keene nh called the rynborn  ( www.rynborn.com ) and the drive
to and from the restauraunt is in the country, really nice scenic back
roads, and great campgrounds throughout the area. hope this helps.  scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Al Knoll" <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: New Hampshire and Maine

> Twas said:
>
> Breakfast at Lou's in Hanover, NH is worth the wait, plus Hanover in
> the summer is amazing.  Great swimming in the Connecticut.
>
> An hour further north there is also a great cabing, the Aggasiz cabin
> on the ompanoosic river up route 18.  Beautiful river.  Be sure to walk
> the half mile up the river fo some great water falls.
>
> Also near there is Moosilauke mountain lodge.  Moosilauke is a great 4
> mile hike up for fantastic views of the white mountains.
>
> So I pitched in:
>
> Never been cabing but I'll surely second the Breakfast at Lou's.  The
> Connecticut river valley is beautiful.  Visit Baker Library on Campus and
> the Orozco frescoes in the basement.  Walk the cemetary or down to the
> boathouse on the river.  Tuck School and Thayer Engineering School are
also
> worth a look if just for the architecture.
>
> IIRC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory is close by.  Occam
> pond is pretty and usually quiet.
>
> Cross the bridge at Hanover into Vermont and travel north along the river.
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Al
>
> DartCol '64,  back when Eleazar Wheelock wasn't such a pious man