Hey you guys! Thanks for joining us on another journey. Today
we're in New Hampshire checking out the fall colors at the Flume Gorge Franconia State Park .
If you're new to the channe,l this is April and I'm Wayne. So sit back relax and enjoy the journey!
where are we at April we are at Franconia State Park in New Hampshire at the Flume Gorge yeah
Gorge Trail you have to make reservations in advance they're about $16 a piece online for adults
yeah i don't know were kids cheaper and it's freaking cold oh yeah cold front came through last
night we're here for the fall colors it was nice yesterday and frigid today and the wind is blowing
here we have the Flume Gorge that we are now in beautiful huh yeah very
reminds me of the gorge that we didn't get to see in Slovenia i was just about to say that
took the words out of my mouth card above yeah
at the top of the flume is a close view of Avalanche Falls
the 45 foot waterfall creates a roaring sound as the flume brook enters the gorge
the falls were formed during the great storm of 1883 which washed away the hanging boulder
what do you think about the gorge we just went through
it's pretty fantastic that was pretty awesome yeah very beautiful the water was so clear
yeah and then with the fall leaves it just elevates it i bet you this would be really nice
in the summertime too oh yeah the fall amazing with the colors adds another dimension to it yep
if you're out in New Hampshire and it's fall time definitely stop by the Franconia State Park
i hope i'm saying that right i feel like i'm in another country and i'm in the U.S.
never get any of the names right that's
okay you're redneck your swamp background true true
this is a beautiful cascading mountain stream that flows through the narrow valley
that pool beneath this point in the Pemigewasset River i'm probably not saying that right is a
deep basin formed at the time of the ice sheet 25,000 years ago by a silt laden stream flowing from
the glacier the cliffs surrounding the pool are 80 feet high the bowl is a hundred and feet in
diameter and 40 feet deep wow flying leaves this is the pool we just found another covered bridge
i don't think this one's that old but it's still cool looking
this bridge was built in 1984 so it's not very old still pretty cool though
oh wow yeah it's beautiful
even if you're not an avid hiker super easy trail it's only two miles round trip
um--it's a little--pretty groomed--steep a couple of times but it's doable yeah the stairs are easy to climb
there are a lot of them especially in the gorge section but uh i could say for the most part if
you're in poor American shape you can still do this sure know how to make our
audience feel really good about themselves okay i probably shouldn't say that then
the hike's easy you can anybody of pretty much take as much time as you need super easy hike
yep even April did it hey i didn't have to carry her once. we're taking a quick walk to the
old man viewing area i don't know why he wants to see an old man i told him to look in the mirror
definitely an old mountain--doesn't need to see one in the mountain i think it fell off i think that says over there that it
fell off and then this is giving it back to you oh so it doesn't exist anymore oh
yeah it completely fell off in 2003 oh and they tried keeping enough for the turnbuckles that are
over there that's the last one that fell in 2003 with it with it so they made these steel pieces
at uh-huh straight on just yeah on the mount but then you gotta stand on these
yeah i can see it yeah
yeah it completely yeah
well we thought we were going to see a man in the mountain an old man to see myself in the mirror now
after a frigid walk i did a slight jog yeah
we can't see the man anymore because he died on may 3rd 2003 all the rocks fell
and the face disappeared they think it was there for more than 14,000 years
but the delicate mechanism that had held the great stone face in place was abruptly failed this shows
you the old man's visage was delicately wedged on the small bench by the weight of the blocks above
water and frost over the years so damaged the small bench that can no longer support the
weight from above and collapse the chin and the block above to topple forward and down the cliff
within seconds the weight of the remaining blocks no longer supported from below quickly
followed and almost simultaneously that forehead block now completely unsupported with
quickly fell forward and the old man was gone.
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