The Whites!

I was looking forward to this weekend for weeks. Finally i feel like im starting to settle into this new life. I have been on a few weekend road trips but have been very excited about my first trip to the White Mountains. I had a few maps and seemed to be over whelmed with all the information before i set out to explore. So this weekend was set aside to do just that. Being patriotic i had to light off a some fireworks before setting off for the mountains! I was lucky to share a fireworks show in Merrimack with Jo and family! Love the small town atmosphere.

The plan: set out for Mt Garfield with the idea to summit. Reality, once reaching Galehead Mt we determined that it was better to stop there! I was not prepared for how strenous a 9.6 mile hike could be.
Some pictures shot during the trip.








At the AMC shelter headed towards the Galehead Summit ( On Right) Letting my feet and body breath a little. Especially after slipping and soaking my foot in a stream halfway up!

Crossroads where we chose to head to Galehead instead of Garfield.


The Basin
The beautiful waterfall at the Basin, has at its base, a granite pothole 20 feet in diameter. It is believed to have been eroded 15,000 years ago while the North American ice sheet was melting. It has been smoothed by small stones and sand whirled around by the Pemigewasset River. Below the Basin is a water-eroded rock formation called the Old Man's foot. Henry David Thoreau visited this place in September of 1839. He must of stood right where I did, and wrote that “this pothole is perhaps the most remarkable curiosity of its kind in New England”. Samuel Eastman in his 1858 White Mountain Guide called this spot “One of the beautiful haunts of Nature, a luxurious and delicious bath fit for the ablutions of a goddess”.



I love this swamp!