![]() This was all so good and filling that I didn’t wind up eating anything else until my wife and I went out for a date and got some appetizers that night. Plus, that deep fried French toast is a real thing of beauty, especially when devoured with a healthy dose of legit maple syrup. I love getting crazy stuff at places like Fiddlestix on a regular basis, but sometimes you just want one big plate filled with well-made versions of all the classic breakfast foods and this was that. Anyway, I perused the menu and after realizing I was pretty darn hungry, I went with the Parker’s Special which featured two eggs (over easy), a piece of ham steak, two pieces of sausage, two pieces of bacon, wheat toast, home fries and piece of deep fried French toast. As I was informed on the way there, we’re in the middle of sugaring season, which means we actually got to see a little of the process, though we didn’t take the tour. Parker’s is a sugar house which means they make maple syrup and other maple-flavored products. Sounds like a recipe for disaster right? No way man, this was one of the best traditional breakfasts I’ve had in a long time. It was early, kind of a far drive and we waited mostly outside for about a half hour before getting seated. On Saturday morning, a day I usually get to sleep in, we all got up early and headed to a place called Parker’s Maple Barn in Mason, NH. Trust me.Last weekend we took a trip to New Hampshire to visit my wife’s parents. (Try stuffed French toast and a mug of maple coffee. ![]() As is usually the case with Parker’s on a Saturday morning, there was a short wait for a table. The walk back to Parker’s was of course mostly downhill, and I went into that wonderful restaurant for an excellent breakfast with my husband. Aside from a plane passing far overhead, the only sounds were birdsong and wind in the trees until a pair of runners (hey! I knew those guys!) passed me. Main Menu: Barn Specialties: Maple Baked Beans Original Recipe W/ Dark Maple Syrup choose from pea, kidney or mixed all served w brown bread: 8.99: Maple Or Bbq Ribs 1/2 order of our famous ribs served w/ff: 14.99: Our Own Chicken Tenders served w/ff & homemade coleslaw: 8. I’m sorry I couldn’t stop today at Pratt Pond, probably the prettiest spot on the Mason trail.Īlthough close to town roads, the trail’s peace and quiet are remarkable. I know from long-ago hikes on more northerly segments of the trail that I could have walked in peace all day if I’d had the time. I turned around 45 minutes into my walk, which took me only a fraction of a mile on the rail trail. Several other town roads cross the trail and I suspect some parking is available at each intersection. Equestrians are welcome, though the Scripts Road trail entrance is not the place for a horse trailer. It must make a great snowmobile trail in winter. It’s wide as a boulevard, with unremarkable but pleasant woodland scenery. You can see from the photo that this is a decently-maintained trail. A sharp right would have taken me north I stayed left. A stony little trail disappeared into woods on the right, and I followed it knowing that the rail trail had to be close by. It’s surprising how often no-pavement and no-parking add up to a trailhead.Ībout ten minutes on Scripts brought me to the dead end with enough space for a few cars to park. At that point, I went straight onto unpaved Scripts Road, a dead end with no-parking signs all along one side. Brookline Road heading northwest from Parker’s makes a steady climb up to County Road and continues fairly level to a sharp left turn. I walked toward the rail trail that runs through Mason from the Massachusetts border north to Wilton and then west to Greenville. We agreed to meet back in the Parker’s Maple Barn parking lot at 9:30, and I left the runners to follow their own paths. Beautiful day, lots of sun, 40 degrees or so at 8 a.m. I took my husband up on his invitation to join him and his running buddies in Mason NH this morning.
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