Day 5

Day 5- Today was the day to be tourists. We slept in and went to North Conway to shop and spend some money. The town was settled in 1764 and ever since then it has been attracting artists to the area. So many in fact that one artist was able to paint “Artists Sketching in the White Mountains” which showed the hills dotted with umbrellas and canvases. To this day it is still a popular place not just for artists, but for anyone who likes wine, fudge, and great people. We then met up with Dr. Arion and trekked to Arethusa Falls. It is the highest waterfall in the Northeast and by far the most gorgeous. In the sunlight , we could see the tiny droplets of mist that the wind carried farther downstream. These droplets were so small that they would dry almost instantly on our skin and within only a few minutes we were colder than we had ever been on the trip. It is a pity that not everyone can see the sight and after many, many, many, many, many, years no one will be able to see it due to the erosion and how it is slowly becoming less and less tall. At night we were gathered around the fire and Dr. Zorn told me something I never knew. There was at one time a mountain range that separated the land masses that are now the United States and Canada. This is why rivers north of the border run south to north into the Arctic Ocean which is also something I did not know.