673. Wanda's Wanda-rings: NH Trails
North Chatham, NH
Drive-by on the "quiet side" of the White Mountains for a great carve by neet

This remarkable stamp was created by neet of MA, who also lived for some time in northern NH, to represent my backpacking adventures in the White Mountains of NH and adjoining ME when, after multiple thru-hikes of the AT, PCT, etc., I decided that I just had to climb all of the 4000'-ers in New England and backpack as many of the hundreds of miles of connecting trails in the Whites as I possibly could in just one month - September of 1988. And, since this carving features the whole state of NH, it might as well serve for the Wapack Trail, Monadnock Sunapee Greenway and many other trails that I backpacked in NH as well.

Most people in New England are probably familiar with Franconia, Crawford and Pinkham Notches, so I thought I'd leave this box in the slightly less-traveled Evans Notch area on the eastern border of NH with Maine. I first considered leaving it at lovely Emerald Pool, but that trail had a busload of kids visiting the day we planted, so continue north a bit further up route 113 to the Cold River/Basin area just south of the notch itself. After turning west at the Rec Area sign, drive straight about half a mile or so on Basin Road, and park at the Basin Pond boat launch on the north side of the road just before the campground entrance gate. The Basin Trail takes off from the west side of the parking lot. Follow it very briefly to the first yellow-blazed hemlock on the left, then take 3 or 4 more steps along the trail, turn right 5 or 6 more steps north off trail, then a couple steps back east to a small well-protected cave on the north side of a 2' x 3' boulder. Hope you enjoy exploring this area!

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