Cold Brook North Branch, June 2016. Click to enlarge.
Updated 20220705 20:12 – added pictures.
What’s a great way to enjoy a sweltering summer day with 90 degrees, drinkable humidity, magnified sunlight, and a chance of fast-moving wild thunderstorms? Do a creekwalk!
It is a style of bushwhacking. Instead of working through trailless woods, you work up or down the middle of a creek, brook or river. It is your route, but not a trail. Rain? So? You’re hiking in water. Don’t let the weather tell you what to do.
The Balsamean 