Saturday – September 16 – This morning was completely overcast and cloudy so again we decided not to try Mt. Washington. Instead we went to The Flume at Franconia State Park and really enjoyed it and bonus – the sun came out and the sky cleared off when we got there. It is a 2 mile walk to tour the whole area with lots of ups and downs and lots of stairs so good exercise.

The Flume Gorge is a natural gorge extending 800’ at the base of Mt. Liberty. The walls rise to a height of 70 – 90’ and vary in width from 12 – 20’. There is a boardwalk through the gorge and it was very pretty with lots of little waterfalls and water tumbling over the rocks. We also walked across the Sentinel Pine Bridge which is a covered bridge sitting on a giant pine whose trunk bridges the river. From the bridge you can see the Pool, which is 40’ deep and 150’ wide and is surrounded by cliffs 130’ high.

After that we drove back to Littleton and then on home, all in all a very nice day, The tops of the mountains were still shrouded when we came back but we are hoping that the weather forecast for tomorrow is right – hot and sunny. At least it has been warm the last few days even though overcast.