Most of the rest of the rain ended up passing us to the north, and we had a mostly clear last day in Lincoln. We started at this breakfast place which was only open a few days a week, but which we had wanted to try (totally worth that wait):
After breakfast, we decided to try our luck at Echo Lake, which was the body of water we had seen from above on yesterday's hike. We got about an hour in before it started to rain and we packed it up:
The rain cleared in less than an hour, so we decided to explore some more, stopping first at the Old Man of the Mountain state historic site:
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| The site has footsteps all over listing various heights. If you step in the footsteps that match your height and look at the nearest pole, you can see what the formation looked like before it fell |
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| This is profile lake, which used to reflect the old man |
From profile lake, we drove the short distance to The Basin, which is a naturally formed granite bowl which has a whirlpool swirl through it. The sign noted that Henry David Thoreau called it "the most remarkable curiosity of its kind":
The Basin was at the end of a very pretty trail along the Pemigewasset river, which Benji and I both waded into at a shallow point:
We ended the day in Woodstock, NH, which is a cute little town with some fun restaurants. We chose the Woodstock Brewery:
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| Funny box outside the pet store |
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| We ended with this gigantic dessert |
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