The Distracted Wanderer

I recently had occasion to vacate my humble abode while some renovations were being done so decided that was the perfect excuse to finally wander north to New Hampshire to stay at a historic hotel that had long been on my 'Bucket List of Places I Want to Stay' - which, when you get right down to it, is actually more like a book than a list! Eagle Mountain House & Golf Club  is nestled in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in bucolic Jackson Village just up Carter Notch Road from the beautiful Jackson Falls. Pictured below, the photo of the Wildcat River tumbling along part of the falls is from an earlier wandering to Jackson which you can find  here  if you're interested in learning more about the area which includes the beautiful circa 1876 Honeymoon Covered Bridge that crosses the Ellis River. Waterfalls, covered bridges, beautiful mountains ... is it any wonder I wanted to wander back up to Jackson?  Definitely not but, anyway, back to the Eagle Mountain Hou...

Ever since she went to her first AAC event ( Another AnimeConvention ) in Manchester, New Hampshire my oldest daughter has been raving about the Red ArrowDiner  on Lowell Street where she and some of her fellow convention-goers went for a bite to eat at least a time or two.  Matter of fact, every time I would take her to another diner, she’d compare it to the Red Arrow so I figured it was probably high-time I wandered up to New Hampshire and checked things out for myself. After all, what’s a mere 260-mile jaunt up and back if it’s going to be for some good diner-style home-cookin’? Knowing that it’s never a good idea to arrive at a popular but tiny diner during their busy breakfast and lunch hours unless you want to wait a bit for a booth or couple of stools to open up, we walked into the cozy Red Arrow around 3:30 on a Saturday afternoon and were easily able to slide into one of the five booths where – according to the little name plate behind me – Ty Pennington of “Extreme...