We continued east on the Kancamagus Highway to the Champney Brook Trail. |
We found a parking spot, and walked over to the trail head. Joe pointed out, the trail was a 2 1/2 hour hike. I responded, " We can do it." |
The brook was definitely dry. Just a trickle of water! |
A bridge, even though you really don't need it. |
The path was nice and wide and easy at the start. |
A look up the brook. We would see other people on the trail every 15 minutes or so. I thought there would have been more people, as crowded as the parking lot was. |
The trail turned out to be pretty uneven further up. |
The Champney Fall was just a trickle, and not much to look at. |
Above the fall was a small pool of water. A lot of people stopped here and turned around, but there had been a fork in the trail below, and we wanted to do the loop. |
The trail took us up very steep steps |
Then more of the uneven root path. |
Before the loop turned back down, we got a little view to make the hike a little more worth it. I wasn't enjoying this hike as much as I usually do, because I kept looking over my shoulder for bears. |
Our next stop on the Kancamagus Highway was the Rocky Gorge. The gorge was pretty dry also. |
The walk to the gorge was very short from the parking lot. |
Many people were enjoying the shallow gorge to cool off from the warm weather. |
I wished we had skipped the hike and had come here earlier, and had just enjoyed the water. |
The day was getting late and we were leaving the next day, so we got back to the car to continue our investigation of the Kancamagus Highway. |
Our last stop for the day was the Lower Falls. |
The parking lot was completely full. I jumped out of the car, while Joe tried to find a parking spot. The practically dry river exposed huge boulders. |
Everyone was enjoying the end of the day at the gorge. |
It was party time at the gorge. |
Kids were having fun riding the current to the end of the pool. |
The current ended into this pool. |
It was about 4:30 but people were just hanging out. |
A lot of people had brought picnics for a day at the Lower Falls. |
I crawled back out of the gorge and found Joe. He had found a parking spot at the very end of the parking lot. |
Kids were climbing on this large boulder. |
A rock climber for sure! |
It was time to headed back, going west on the Kancamagus Highway toward home in North Woodstock, NH. |
Back home we walked Mallery to the small creek in Maple Haven Campground. |
We did and saw a lot on our adventures of the Kancamagus Highway, in the White Mountains, but more adventures were whispering in our ears, further up the road. |
Looks like you both took in many great walks..glad you got out on the trail.
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