Trip to Franconia

Flume

We drove up to Franconia the other day. It was a beautiful day when we left Southern New Hampshire. But in NH, that doesn't mean anything when you live in this state! We drove up as I was hoping to go to the Bethlehem Flower Farm, best laid plans of mothers and others. I never made it.

We ended up pulling off at The Flume, one of my favourite places in NH. The skies had clouded on our trip up, but the rain had held off. We stopped into the main entrance building, hit the bathrooms, bought sweatshirts for my kids not too prepared friends, bought our tickets and headed out the door, past the sign that reads, "No Rainchecks, No Refunds" and the heavens opened and the rains poured down.

We stopped and stared at it for a few moments, trying to will the rains away, but it was not working. So back to the shops to purchase rain ponchos and out we went. Now one thing you have to know about the Flume, there has never been a time that I have been there where it wasn't damp. This time was just a tad more damp than usual.

We had a great time anyway and after a trip around Franconia, we were treated to the third rainbow I had sen in a week and a beautiful sunset. Not a bad way to end the day.