New Hampshire, Part 5 - September 17, 2006 (Re-run)

 The Kancamagus Highway ends in the tiny hamlet of Bath, which has the distinction of having three covered bridges, the oldest of which was built in 1829.   A fourth covered bridge, built in 1846, was  destroyed by flooding in 1927.  The village has a population that seems to always hover about 1000 souls since around 1800.  It climbed to an estimated 1600 in the mid-1800s, but that may have included some 500 sheep that grazed the hillside.

Returning to our campsite, we swung by the town of Woodstock, one of several by that name scattered around New England.  This one never held an outdoor rock concert, which would have appalled the local townsfolk.

At a museum, we were impressed by the creative genius displayed in a camping trailer that appeared to have been started with body parts from a 1954 Ford station wagon, and topped off with a fishing boat.  What else would you need for a life on the road?