The morning after the Road Race, we were up at 3am to enjoy the “Sunrise Drive” up the Mt Washington Auto Road. Sunrise was to be at 4:55am. It was neat to drive up the road in the dark! That was a first! I used the drive up to explain to my wife Sas the different lines I will be taking in the Auto Race this coming weekend. I am not sure how good an idea that really was :-).
We tried to go up to the summit but as we came up to the “cow pasture” we noticed clouds and cars coming back down from the summit. On the way up we passed one of the Auto Road’s Stage Van at 6 mile park. I figured they knew more than me, so I headed back down to where they had settled to see the sunrise. This was the right call! We met up with Regina from the Auto Road, and she explained the best place to setup the cameras for the sunrise event. With a steady 50+mph wind and summit temps in the 30’s. I was frozen but very happy.
It was worth the early morning wake up and cool temps!
Nothing better then sharing these spectacular events with the one you love!!