June 18th, 2005
Arethusa Falls - White Mountains, New Hampshire
  1 - Menacing cloud on I91
  2 - Starting up the Arethusa Falls Trail
  3 - Plenty of water running
  4 - Pink Lady's Slipper
  5 - White Lady's Slipper
  6 - One of each!
  7 - First view of the falls
  8 - Ivy is dwarfed by the falls
  9 - Looking up at the lip
10 - One last look
11 - Pot o'gold ?

I had planned a Bonds Traverse hike for Saturday but the rains took their time clearing out and I decided to postpone that hike until Sunday. So, late on Saturday afternoon Ivy and I took a trip up to Arethusa Falls.

The trail was very muddy in places but trail crews are out putting in a lot of hard work, thanks guys. The falls were running very strong and it was a great little warm up, as opposed to our Hale 'warm up' last winter! I had one close 'AGE' (Avatar Generating Event) when I nearly did a face plant in six inches of oozing mud but miraculously recovered in time.

Even the bugs and rain could not take away from the magnificence of the falls, truly spectacular.


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