DURING THIS BEAUTIFUL time of the year, it’s always fun to take a road trip to lesser-visited parts of the White Mountains — especially when safe social distancing is one of your aims during these pandemic times.
With that goal in mind, I took a recent road trip to Chatham and Stow, Maine.
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