Mt. Washington Sunrise

Adam and I have been together for almost six years and he still had never been up to the top of Mt. Washington, so when I saw that they were doing a sunrise tour on Sunday, June 28, we decided that we would take the time to finally go up the mountain. Having worked at the Auto Road for six years I have been to the top of the mountain several times and have seen many different types of weather. Regardless of my experience, I was really hoping to have a beautiful sunrise with the opportunity for lots of great pictures...well, that did not happen. It was incredibly cloudy and foggy most of the way up the Auto Road. I give Adam a lot of credit for driving up the road in those conditions. I have attached a video for you to relive some of our experience. Our friends, Mel and Shaun, joined us and we had quite a good time of telling Adam where the road was and when to turn. (Oh, I forgot to mention that this was all happening around 3:30 a.m.)

When we reached the summit I was very happy to see that there was a bit of an undercast, so I was hopeful that if the conditions remained the same we'd at least be able to see the sun come up over the clouds, but not five minutes later (in true Mt. Washington fashion) we found ourselves completed surrounded by clouds. (We did learn that if you are looking at a cloud you call it a cloud, but once you are in the clouds it is called fog.)

The entire time we were on the summit it was cloudy and we never did see the sun, but we had a great time regardless.

The way down was much of the same, with the addition of some light rain. We have decided that we should make this an annual trip. But we also thought that it might be better to go for a sunset because at least that way we'd know what the weather looked like before we headed up the road.

We also decided that this trip was one that we would never take Adam's mother on. As you watch the video you will hear my nervous laughter in the background. As I mentioned before, I have been up the mountain several times, but this time made me particularly nervous. When you can't tell where the road plunges off into the valley it makes for an anxiety filled experience : )