For the first day of vacation, I hiked an easy 5.5 mile trail near Notch Hostel, where I’m staying, to see the crash site of a B-18 bomber that hit the side of Waternomee mountain in 1942. The plane was heading south from patrolling for German submarines in Nova Scotia during World War II when it met some of the infamous White Mountains harsh weather. Of the seven aboard, only five survived. The site has parts of wings, two engines, the fusel lodge and landing gear scattered rather far apart because the plane had bombs on board that exploded upon impact. The trail was littered with chanterelle mushrooms, so I grabbed a bunch to par broile in bone broth soup at the hostel.
