Ocean and Laura at the summit of Mount Washington

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Mount Washington, New Hampshire

Laura and I were on Mount Washington, the high point of New Hampshire, in August 2025. Evening on the summit, around 48, with a completely clear sky and almost no wind, which is not what this mountain is famous for.

Washington is known for rough weather, and the observatory on top has recorded some of the strongest winds on earth. This evening was the opposite: clear, quiet, and cold enough for a jacket. A few days earlier we had been on Mount Mansfield, about a three and a half hour drive west.

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