S. M. Garver - New Hampshire

This page is the remaining views in and around Franconia Notch State Park in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
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May 31-June 4, 2011

What remains of New Hampshire's famous Old Man of the Mountain first mentioned in writings in 1805. Wiring support was added to help keep the rocks in place, but a major collapse occurred in 2003. (Back bump on top of head, neck, and chest remain.)
[A rocky hillside at the top of a green mountainside.]

An image of the rocks prior to the collapse hinted at forehead hair, nose, chin, neck, and chest.
[Part of the information panel near the Old Man of the Mountain display which shows an outline of the face.]

Concord Coach #431 built in 1874 in Concord, New Hampshire. It carried mail until 1911.
[A stage coach painted yellow-gold with seats on top as well as inside. Rear wheels twice the size of the front ones. Coach sits inside a museum.]

Mannequin in the New England Ski Museum in the park
(I wouldn't want to be skiing in a skirt!)
[Mannequin of a woman dressed in ski gear of years ago which included wearing a skirt instead of leggins.]

Stream upstream of Table Rock
[Water rushing along a stream strewn with many large rocks.]

Table Rock
[A large rock surface with many angles and cracks covers a hillside. A number of different paths of water cross the face of the rock.]

Avalanche Falls
[An approximately 30 foot waterfall cascading down a rock face. In front of it spanning the image is a bridged walkway from the wooden stairs on the boardwalk trail on the rock face on the left to the stairs on the rock face on the right.]

A glacial boulder along the trail to the Flume Gorge
[In the middle of the forest floor beside some trees and beside the designated trail is a huge boulder which is supported by several smaller hunks of rock beneath it. There is a small wooden sign in front of it which says 'glacial boulder'.]

Walk on the right then cross the water to walk into Flume Gorge.
[Along the right edge and slightly overhanging water with lots of rocks is a boardwalk and steps. A wooden bridge then crosses to the left where a narrower boardwalk leads into the gorge.]

Flume Gorge
[A tall narrow opening of rock with a boardwalk and stairs against the left side and a very enthusiastic waterflow on the right side. Moss seen growing on the walls on the left.]

Looking down the flume after walking up the stairs in the prior photo.
[The same gorge with the stairs now on the right and the water flow on the left. A person in all black is standing on the boardwalk and more of the grass and moss are seen on the wall on the right.]

Lichen growing on the rocks in the gorge.
[A close view of what appears to be small individual lettuce leaves stuck to the rock in between what appears to be moss.]

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