Exploring Stowe, VT: Bingham Falls

 As we get settled into our summer life here in Vermont, Catalina and I headed out into the surrounding wilderness to do a bit of exploring. Our first place to explore was the Mill Trail, which heads out through the woods to a waterfall known as Bingham Falls. 

  The trailhead was only a five minute drive away from our house. The first part of the trail is through a hardwood forest protected by the Stowe Land Trust. There is an old mill, cabin, and other relics from farms in the 1800's. The stream has multiple entry points that will be good for picnics and swimming as the temperature warms up during the summer. 

  Then another fifteen minutes over Smugglers Notch State Park land takes you to a series of cascading waterfalls which fall a total of 90ft over 5 cascades. This is Bingham Falls. We found some beautiful swimming holes under some of the cascades. I decided I would come back with Heidi sometime to check these swimming holes out. 

  Other than a steep decline to the best waterfall view and swimming hole, the trail was quite easy. On the way back up I could hear Catalina saying, "you can do it, you can do it", which was all the help I needed to make it to the top. 

  When I asked Catalina what she liked about the trail she emphatically said, "i liked seeing the waterfalls!".