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I've always loved New Hampshire's North Country but you have to be into the wonders of nature to find anything at all to do there. Pathetic as this may seem, for non-nature lovers and skiers, looking at a rock formation that looked like the face of a bearded, old man was about all there was.

Actually I make an annual trip up there every summer. It's a family tradition to stop alongside the Kancamangus Highway and take a dip in the creek. Also we go to the top of Mt. Washington where it is always about 30-40 degrees colder. Where else in the country can you see snow flurries on a 75 degree day? And then we have the obligatory lunch at the Road Kill Cafe. This is an an actual restaurant that brings around their appetizers in a trash can. If you are ever up there, order the "Brakelight Delight."

Anyway, I never thought the "Old Man" would fall in my lifetime. Now I guess we'll find out that the Leaning Tower of Pisa will fall next.

Frankly, I never saw the big deal about the "Old Man On The Mountain." It never "moved me."

It's been a long standing family tradition for us too and I've eaten at that very same Road Kill Cafe along route 302 many times. Lot's of fun.

Shame about the Old Man. I couldn't care less about it either (just a distraction while you're driving down rt #3 really) but they've got such an investment in viewing it up there. Heck, it was just a few years ago that the re-did that whole stretch of 3 going through the notch. Remember? It was impossible driving for years and now that they've got it finished, the Old Man falls down. I guess they'll have to make more of a HooPlah about the Indian Head.