Purple Moose Trax - White Mountains, New Hampshire

Day One

Arrive in New Hampshire and check into your room at the Mountain Club on Loon. The Mountain Club is a cozy resort and spa located in the heart of NH's White Mountains and at the base of Loon Mountain. Freshen up for dinner which will either be included at the hotel or a local restaurant. After dinner, enjoy an evening wildlife presentation, learning about the local wildlife and their New Hampshire habitats.

Day Two

Enjoy breakfast at your leisure at the hotel before meeting your guide for a day of touring. This morning visit one of the many Christmas Tree Farms and take a Horse Drawn Wagon through the Christmas Tree Fields. Learn about Christmas tree farming from one of the 200 Christmas Tree farms throughout the state - most of them family owned and operated. After the tour, you will be taken to an elegant buffet lunch at the Omni Mount Washington Hotel. This luxury resort hotel has been a favorite New England retreat of presidents, poets, and celebrities. After lunch enjoy a self guided tour of this historic hotel. Opened in 1902 - it's been noted that two hundred and fifty Italian craftsmen, skilled in masonry and woodworking were brought in and housed on the grounds to complete the hotel. In the late afternoon the guide will continue your journey touring through the White Mountains until returning to the resort in time to freshen up for quick dinner own your own either at the hotel or a local restaurant, as in the dark of the evening the tour will be departing wirh a local moose guide and moose-tour-bus for the evening moose tour. This tour will vary in length depending on how many moose you see and how early in the night you see them - driver will make sure we experience moose in their natural habitat on what could be a three hour tour!

Day Three

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel at your leisure before meeting your guide for a day of touring. The guide will first take your group to the world's first mountain climbing cog railway, where you will enjoy a scenic train ride to the summit of Mount Washinton, the Northeast's Highest Peak! The round trip train ride takes approximately three hours and includes a one hour stop at the summit. Bring a camera and a jacket - as it gets cool even in the summer! The railway will be serving a boxed lunch along the way. During the afternoon, you will explore the fields of lupines! Paying homage to the annual blossoming of this captivating wildflower, the field of lupine blooming is a time-honored reginal event. The brilliant spikes of the lupine flower carpet local fields and pastures in a rolling sea of vibrant purples, pinks, blues and whites. The long-lasting blossoms attract equally dazzling butterflies and create a breathtaking floral display against the majestic backdrop of the Franconia, Presidential, and Kinsman Mountain ranges. Every visitor is sure to find abundant photo and recreational opportunies in the Northeast's most spectacular mountain region. Local greenhouses and businesses will be offering lupine plants and seeds so you can start your own field of lupine. Arrive back at the hotel to an included dinner.

Day Four

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel at your leisure before boarding the motorcoach for your return trip to Pennsylvania. We will make one more touring stop at Fadden's General Store before heading out of town. Faddens is an authentic, old fashioned general store, family-owned since 1896! On site maple sugar house, 5-time winner of "Best Maple Syrup in New Hampshire", Groceries, souvenirs, and the area's largest selection of maple syrup and maple sugar poducts. Take your time shopping and stocking up before continuing on your journey back home.

B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner