16roth 1987 journal 203. New Hampshire, Eastern Trip July 20 Hwy 112 to Swiftwater and then into (cont'd) the White Mountain National Forest, up the "Kancamagus Highway". After the junction with Interstate 93, I continued E on 112. Here it was a major tourist area, and even though it was raining hard, there were many people, cars, and bikes around. And the red spruce, which was common at higher elevations (>1500 ft.) had no old or young cones. All of the dirt side roads here were closed with "restricted" signs and metal gates. I tried to find some public land on which to work and camp, but was unsuccessful. I drove N off of 112 at Bear Notch Road, which connected to Hwy 302 at Bartlett, NH. Here I drove N to Bretton Woods, NH, where I drove N to the entrance to the railroad cog that goes up Mt. Washington. Just about 2 mi. before the gate to this railway, I took a gravel forest road up and over "Jefferson Notch". Here I found fewer people, but generally no access to the forest by truck off of this