By Jaimie Crawford, special to The Conway Daily Sun
Reprinted by permission of the Mt. Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce.
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Cars drive north past the autumn leaves on Route 16 toward Pinkham Notch on Oct. 5. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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Autumn colors were just starting to pop over the Swift River in Conway, off the Kancamagus Highway, on Sept. 28. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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If you're lucky, you'll visit the Omni Mount Washington Resort on a gorgeous day like this one in October 2017. Thanks to a passing rainstorm, the pavement looks freshley washed. (MARGARET McKENZIE PHOTO)
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