the ol' swimming hole

Well, you can't see much on the pictures from our stone-age (ca. 2003) camera phone, but this is Grey in the swimming hole at Buttermilk Falls right here in Mendham. It's a hike of about 2 miles right from our house, way out in the woods. There used to be an iron foundry nearby in the 18th century but there's no trace anymore except for a couple stones.



We walked up there with Joe and Jill, G's parents. You can see Joe in the blue shirt on the right. A couple kids were there too and after seeing the pregnant lady paddling around they worked up the courage to get in too. It was beautiful but very cold!

Didn't see any wildlife other than a couple of toads. Good looking ones though.