Warm weather thankfully keeps me busy and away from the computer. I try to spend as much time as work will allow traveling during the summer. Most of those trips end up being to natural wonders of some sort. A recent vacation took me to Franconia Notch State Park located in the White Mountain region of New Hampshire. There you can see the Flume Gorge. It was formed millions of years ago when a brook eroded a dike in Conway granite leaving 80 foot walls of rock. It truly looks like something out of an Indiana Jones movie. Despite its age, it wasn't discovered until 1808 when a 93 year old woman named Jessie Guernsey went looking for a better place to fish. At the time there was a large glacier boulder wedged between the two walls of the gorge. But a flood in 1883 washed it away and buried it under debris. Today you can see a replica boulder on your way up to the gorge. I love taking trips like this because I get to combine science, history and breath-taking scenery all in one place.
2 comments:
Wow! We're definitely going to have to go there.
That's a great picture, Mary!
whoa, awesome looking cliff sides!
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