Day1 - Arrival and Small Things

During our drive to Jefferson Notch Motel, we stopped at a small river lined with glacial stones.

At the motel, we checked into our favorite room, and found in the alcove beside it... a giant (hand-sized) Luna Moth, and a cliff swallow nest, made of small mud balls:

The cliff swallows raised their young during the week we stayed there, and their offspring (from that nest and another one four doors down) took flight the day before we left. We could hear them chirping softly at night, and their parents flew within feet of us each day, bringing food to the young ones.