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Romance: It’s not all hearts and flowers

What’s so romantic about lobster, a typewriter, a float plane, the Bash Bish maiden, bags full of goodies, snowshoes, and more?

  February 12, 2012

Bash Bish Falls plunges to a deep pool. When my wife and I hiked in one morning, we met a woman in her 70s who recounted the tale of an Indian maiden who dove over the falls rather than be captured by pursuing trappers. The maid was never seen again, except as an apparition on moonlit nights. Our informant loved the tale and her own memories of visiting the spot. “I know what my husband is doing on moonlit nights.’’

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