jtc, Thanks. Of course I believe the middle brother by age (and by position in the above picture) is the handsomest. :-) The youngest (on the right) started the hike with us, but less than 20 minutes in he turned around to go back since he was feeling not-so-good (hungover from the previous night). He then drove the rental car to the top of the mountain to meet us. We taunt him about that to this day (because ... brothers) but truthfully it had taken us long enough to climb up that we'd not likely have made it back down to our car by sunset. And taking the cog train down wasn't really an option since it goes down the opposite side of the mountain and would have deposited us 42 miles away (by roads) from our car. So we were really happy he wimped out on the hike. Many rental car companies near Mt Washington have specific clauses in their rental contracts prohibiting you from driving the rental up Mt Washington. Since we all flew into Providence RI, the rental agency we used didn't have such a clause. But after having driven down Mt Washington, which led to the brakes literally smoking, I can see why they prohibit it.

Province House, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada “Erected by the citizens of Charlottetown in memory of those from PEI who gloriously laid down their lives in the Great War and in honour forevermore of all who served therein 1914-1918 1939-1945 Korea 1950-1953”

Lars, your picture reminded me of the outhouse on the top of Mt. Whitney. It has no door because the opening faces out over the cliff for a really great view. :)

Like eld's art, mine if from a contest held to raise money for charity and the artist's painted pigs in different poses to honor our Flying Pig Marathon held each year. The pigs were auctioned off after a showing. This is one that someone bought and put in their yard.