Kancamungus Highway

Mommy and Me trip day 2 (continued).  What is the name of that road again???  Yeah, we still can pronounce that correctly and we spent 34 very scenic miles on it.  This Kancamungus Highway goes across the state and was very scenic with nicely marked spots to pull over and take a hike and see some scenery.  There was one area that was very crowded when we first started our trek.  Lots of people swimming and enjoying the mix of deep and shallow river water in a safe area (minimum current).

 If you are camping for the night in one of the area camp ground places this is what you should do with your food at all times to keep it protected from bears:

Um, if there are bears I am not sleeping in a tent or worrying that when I go to take my food out a bear is going to materialize.  I might be able to run, but I am sure moving food is much tastier than food dropped out of a tree.  

view from the bridge

At our last stop on the highway (I'm not boring you with waterfall pictures-they don't really capture the beauty of the area).  We walked on this suspension bridge.   It was quite neat how it was built with the cables and supports so that it didn't sit in the river at all.  

suspension bridge

no idea what this is, but it looked cool 

We stopped at several places along the way and did some hiking in our Crocs.  Hiking for us meant a 1/4 mile walk to see something then back to the car.  We weren't taking the longer trails that were well marked and nice.  Great place for hiking though if you aren't afraid of bears.  There had been 3-6 bear sightings in the area over the past month.
End of the highway and we headed towards Clark's Trading Post to find a hotel for the night.  We ate at an amazing local restaurant.  I had baked ziti and it was delicious.  The guy that owns the place totally loaded it with cheese.  I had to take most of it back to the hotel with me for later.  On the walk back to our hotel we saw this:

Someone had put out a dog house thing for the cats in the area along with food.  Apparently every night the raccoon (left by tree) comes over and scares the cats out so he can eat.  The cats walk away and watch from a distance.