Craig's blog

Thursday we drove from Acadia, across Maine and in to New Hampshire to Franconia State Park.  It was a beautiful drive.  Toward the end we were driving through the "mountains" of New Hampshire, which are pretty, wooded, but not very tall. :)

Franconia was pretty. I had selected it because of a hike to some falls that had been recommended to me. It was about 95 degrees when we arrived around 4:00. We got ourselves together and set off on the 2 mile walk to the falls. It seemed like we were walking through a tropical rainforest, particularly the way it smelled. The walk was along a small creek that grew as we walked downstream. The pools and falls were great.  The water was crystal clear, but we were surprised by how cold the water was. I'd guess it was 40 degrees. Very few of the folks that were there got in, but 4 out of the 6 of us did (very briefly and without breathing).

By the way, Franconia is the only place we've stayed so far where there was absolutely no cell coverage.