My annual pilgrimage to the White Mountains

**frank_a** · 10th October 12, 12:44 PM

Ken, how the heck do you stitch photos together? I've tried many times. Maybe I just don't have the right program to do it? Usually I use Gimp.

Great pics, especially the panorama.

Cheers!

Frank

**unixken** · 10th October 12, 01:35 PM

Originally Posted by frank_a

Ken, how the heck do you stitch photos together?

Frank, I used a program called "AutoStitch". Very easy. Tell it which photos to stitch together, and it does all the work.

**frank_a** · 10th October 12, 01:46 PM

Thanks Ken, very helpful. I downloaded it and will play with it later. Enjoy your evening!

Frank

**unixken** · 10th October 12, 01:57 PM

Since this year's weather has been a bit uncooperative for photos, here are a few shots and clips from past years, just to show off the area.

First, some color...

Next, a little majesty (the Presidential Range, viewed from the Mt. Washington Auto Road)...

My sister Bonnie, posed with one of 2010's pumpkin displays in Jackson...

One of the many covered bridges in the area... this one, in Jackson...

The train depot at North Conway...

One of the old coal-fired steam locomotives of the Cog Railway, at the summit of Mt. Washington
(These things are being retired... replaced with "Green" Bio-Diesel locomotives)...

And "Horizontal Icicles", common at the summit of Mt. Washington!

Here's a link to a video clip I took last year, from the same place the opening panorama was shot...

http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/2...rqucnypmwg.mp4

A link to a Moose, seen along Rt 302, near the Silver Cascade Falls...

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/7...wjbzxpoadl.mp4

And one last link - another moose - so relaxed she just laid there, while I was no more than 15 feet from her...

http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/7...rqfykyiouc.mp4

**ctbuchanan** · 10th October 12, 02:18 PM

The trees may have been subdued but nothing says Autumn color more than that great Buchanan tartan! Thanks for sharing.

**unixken** · 10th October 12, 02:26 PM

You noticed that too, eh? LOL

Earlier today...
Tourist: "Did you fly all the way from Scotland?"
Me: "No. I drove all the way from Ohio."

**unixken** · 11th October 12, 03:03 PM

Finally had a break in the weather today, with no rain, and the sun able to come out from the clouds several times throughout the day. Temps remained in the high 40's all day. Beautifully cool and crisp!

Mt. Washington, though visible off and on today, was not drivable due to all the recent snow and ice. There's always next year.

So I spent some time along the Kancamagus Highway today, enjoying the cool air. At the Lower Falls of the Swift River, I asked someone to take this photo...

Checkout from the hotel is 11AM tomorrow, and although I'll be spending most of the day here while waiting out the Boston rush-hour traffic, I'll be headed back to my brother's for Friday evening and Saturday, to drive home to Ohio, on Sunday.

**sailortats** · 11th October 12, 04:33 PM

From the looks of your pic at the Lower Falls on the Swift it appears that leaf peeking season was early this year. A lot of the trees are bare. Also your photo of Mt Washington from Intervale shows very little color for this time of year. Not the best year for leaf peeking that is for sure. What a shame as nothing is more beautiful than this area in the fall.