Mt. Washington Cog Railroad

Today we went to the Mt. Washington Cog Railroad in New Hampshire.  We booked this tour back in February to ensure that we got the coal powered steam engine, which they only use once a day.  That meant we had to get up early to be at the station by 8:30 for the 9:15 train.  It was worth it!  This cog railroad is one of two in the entire US.  We did Pikes Peak last year so we had to do this one!

This one pretty insane, we were on a 37 degree incline as we accented to the top of Mt. Washington, which is the highest peak east of the Mississippi.  Sadly, we had the same luck as last year when we went to Pikes Peak; it was cloudy L so visibility was not good.  We did climb to the summit and got our photo op, but was cold and windy, definitely not the pleasantest part of the trip.

We did stop for hot coca in the shop to warm up; it was some really good hot cocoa too!  We went to the museum that details the history of the mountain.  The highest wind speed measured on Earth was clocked at the top of the mountain.  Doug thought that was really cool.  We were able to see the equipment that was used to measure it.   Hailey was excited to find a hat that had the elevation on it to match her Pikes Peak hat.

On our decent from the mountain, the fog lifted a bit so I could get some pictures on the way down.  Us girls have decided that since every time Doug has been to the top of a large mountain (Pikes peak as a child, and last year and today)there has been bad fog,  he is to blame for it– LOL!  

Once back at the base we toured the museum there as well and Doug and Maddie walked down to get a few more pictures of the steam engine before we left. The engineer invited them to come and sit behind the cab of the locomotive. Doug was in total train geek heaven- LOL!

We then had lunch before we went to our next stop, The Dolly Cop Campground, where we hiked a little and enjoyed another campfire.