Avalanche Falls

This picture of Avalanche Falls was taken at the top of The Flume Gorge at Franconia Notch State Park in Franconia, New Hampshire.  The Flume Gorge is a natural Gorge extending 800 feet at the base of Mount Liberty.  The Gorge was discovered by 93 year old Aunt Jess Guernsey in 1808 when she happened upon it while fishing.  At that time there was a huge egg shaped boulder between the walls of the gorge.  A heavy rainstorm in 1883 started a landslide that swept the boulder from its place and deepened the Gorge and formed Avalanche Falls.  I can just picture the boulder rolling down the Gorge like a scene out of Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones movie.  Even in today's heavy rain this Gorge was spectacular.