Grafton Notch and Evans Notch

On the way to Grafton Notch State Park, we got stuck behind a foot race..



While we were putting along, I took some pictures from the window.



And there they are celebrating. I celebrated too because we could finally go the speed limit! In good humor..I'm sure it was a good reason they were racing. :)



I took this picture from the car when we were going the speed limit!



I had my friend stop the car for this picture..



We stopped the car one more time before entering Grafton Notch State Park.



Our first stop was Screw Auger Falls.



And then we went over to Mother Walker Falls.



Driving through Evans Notch.



The foliage is always wonderful here during this time of year.



And I have no idea how we got here or what this is called, but we found this out of the way waterfall which was very pretty.



And the sun went down on our drive home.

Grafton Notch State Park & Evans Notch

On Sunday the 8th, I decided to head up a little north where the foliage was good. I was thinking about going to Rangeley, but decided to stop when I noticed the colors were fading, and I didn't want to continue up too much further. I decided to stop by Grafton Notch though, since I'd never been. I went to Moose Cave, but wasn't too impressed. Then I stopped by a waterfall called "Mother Walker Falls". Most people pass this by because there isn't much of a view to see it. In order to get a good view, you have to cross a stream by stepping over some rocks. Not something that many people dare to do, or know to do for that matter. I was looking around trying to figure out where the trail was, and couldn't find it. Then I noticed some people on the other side of the stream, and they came over on rocks, so I thought, why not? I'm glad I did, it was very peaceful over there, and not many tourists!



On my way out, I stopped by "Screw Auger Falls". I took a few pictures of the foliage because some of the trees were pretty bright. Then I went in to take a look at the Falls. I couldn't get a good angle, so I decided to do some rock climbing. In the second picture you'll see where I ended up. The waterfall was very well protected, and unless I wanted to get wet (not with all those tourists around to watch haha), I decided I'd better not bother. I took a picture looking in toward the waterfall though. The 3rd picture is a more top down view of the falls. The picture didn't come out well at all, but I thought I'd share what the actual falls looked like since I'm writing about it. The next picture is a view heading to the falls from the top, and the very last picture is leaving Grafton Notch State Park.



Next I decided to head down to Evans Notch since it wasn't too much out of my way, and I could use it to loop around back to Portland anyway. It was gorgeous at Evans Notch, most likely peak foliage.