Lincoln

Hike up Flume Gorge in White Mountain National Park today. Great hike with lots of waterfalls. Couldn't have asked for more scenery. COULD have asked for less people. I think two or three bus loads of folks appeared when we got there. We ran up past them and it was better but timing seems to be everything. Got some videos in here too for you who like the sounds of waterfalls.

So sometimes things happen the way they're supposed to and in the process I learn something and my faith in humanity gets restored a little. Julie and I used Yelp to decide where to eat this evening. A place called The Common Man in Lincoln, NH had high ratings and an interesting menu. So we show up and it's a 45 minute wait. We're a little reluctant but decide to wait. So while we're waiting I go into the bar to get Julie and I a drink. I'm standing in line and this big guy comes by me and stands in front of me. When the bartender asks the guy what he wants I put my hand on the guy in front of me and kindly tell him I was waiting in line. He backs up and I order, receive drinks and move back to the front door to wait. So we get called to get seated. We move to the top of the stairs and there are two directions. One goes in this BUSY looking room and the other is a slightly dark, quiet, lodge looking area overlooking the first floor. Of course we want the lodge side. Oh...and big guy is waiting to be seated in front of us. So him and his gal get seated in the busy room. Next...yep...we get seated in the busy room too. *sigh* So my feelings about the big guy and the busy room coming back to bite me. We get seated and bring some trivia cards with us. So a trivia question comes up about the prime meridian. Big guy chimes in from behind me with "Greenwich England". He's right. So the big table in our room full of people and their kids are starting to play with us as well as big guy and his girl. After a while we're all chatting and finding out more about each other. Then it comes up that it's my birthday in a couple days. BAM! Whole room is singing HBD to me. So my assumptions about the busy room people and the big guy get blown. They were all wonderful people. Then, if that wasn't enough we find out after the big table with all of the kids left that they bought dessert for us. With the dessert came the card pictured below. So we now look forward to passing this forward during our journey through the New England area. Going to bed tonight feeling good after this evenings experience. #MargaretsMemory