Savoring the highest waterfall in the Granite State

Water and ice are directly affected by weather patterns and spring melting is never the same. This is a column about visiting Arethusa Falls, the highest waterfall in New Hampshire, a couple of years ago, while ice still clung to it, yet after considerable rain, creating unique beauty.

“Alpheus was a passionate hunter and fell in love with the nymph Arethusa, but she fled from him to the island of Ortygia near Syracuse and metamorphosed into a well. After which Alpheus became a river flowing from Peloponnesus under the sea to Ortygia, and there united his waters with those of the well….”