Everybody knows that the Grigorovs love to go camping...so todays story is from
their last weekend adventures.
Columbus Day weekend is the last camping weekend in New England and we did not
want to miss this opportunity. So we went to New Hampshire, which we usually
avoid, because of its people.
New Hampshire is the New England's bastion of conservatism. Everything there
is different...As long as you don't do anything that will prevent them from
ripping you off or sue them, you are very welcome there. The campsite even run
by their government, was not an exception: run in a fine efficient manner of
free-market capitalism, the number of facilities and their quality was barely
adequate, but what the most interesting things was the fact that they were
eco-friendly (concept largely unheard of there, that later proved to be just an
afterthought), which I wouldn't know if I were not coming from the one of the
“socialist states”. See, in the rest of the New England, these facilities have
a nice sign now the recycling system works including a short list of items that
should not be thrown in (such as cigarette buds or feminine products), because
they interfere with its operation and stop the process of recycling. Instead,
you get a nice personal
note from the management reminding you that although there is miles and miles
of forest out there, you are prohibited from foraging wood for your campfire
and instead, should buy whatever their office offers, which ended up to be a
tiny bundles of pine wood that cost six bux each...really, pine wood? I never
saw the signs that ban the use of alcohol, but see they had speed bumps...which
were symbolically put in places where one could easily see them, but not where
really needed...
The woods were beautiful, and the lakes too. We rented a canoe to explore
them. You can see the pictures. Unfortunately, it looks like it was a dry
year, so the colors of fall were not as pretty as usual. The campsite was very
rustic, which was what we like. I got a picture of that too, along with our
highly modified explorer mobile, which is one of the most barbaric vehicles
ever made, so if you are as anti-suv as I am, don't look, or your eyes would
bleed.
The near town of Washington had a neat center, I wish I had more than three
minutes for pictures. I also went the next evening, but the family insisted on
coming too. Upon descending into town, they saw the surrounding area and its
inhabitants and refused to get out of the car. So, guilt reduced my
photography time to less than ten minutes...
Anywho, the pixies are here:
http://s77.photobucket.com/albums/j54/alienspecimen/Columbus%20Day%202011/
This weekend: King Richard's renaissance fair, but dont expect much, I hate
shooting peoples.
Boris
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