Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Look Out Below...

We're back on Long Island and I'm trying to plow through the photos I took on the trip. I seem to have a chronic problem of taking tons of images and getting few to none posted. But this was so overwhelming, I have to share.



On our third day in the Adirondacks, we happened upon this beautiful waterfall. The Adirondacks are full of falls, many of them are miles off the road. But this one was easily accessible by a very short path, and seemed to be a spot well known but not overly crowded.

My kids love to go to waterfalls...and so do I. We love to scramble up the rocks and there's something so pleasurable about perching near the edge of a falls just in range of the cool spray. There were a few folks swimming in the pools at the base of the falls, and I'm sure we would have been too if the air temperature had been higher. Seventy degrees is a little chilly to venture into cold mountain water. At least, for some of us.

However, there were a few brave souls....and I DO mean brave!









As much as this terrifies me to consider, how I wish I had the nerve to do it. It looks like SO much fun!!!

10 comments:

Martha said...

I was terrified just looking at your series of photos! I thought for sure he was going to hit the rocks! Great shots Kat! :-)

Lisa :-] said...

I love waterfalls, too.

And that kid is CRAZY....!

Cindy said...

ok that jumping off is just too scary for me! but the falls are beautiful! what great shots :)

Barbara said...

What a beautiful waterfall. I can't believe that someone would jump off the edge like that! Yikes!

Thanks for sharing.

Peace

Coy said...

Wow ... Great action shots, yes to have the courage to do that just once. Amazing.
*** Coy ***

Kathy said...

Oh yes! That looks like fun, but oh, scares the heck out of me! The falls are beautiful and what a wonderful shot you took.

Mortimer said...

The first shot literally took my breath away. Wow.
Then the hottie did the same thing in the next series of shots, lol!

Connie said...

What a lovely place to see and those photos are absolutely fabulous.What a brave guy,could have been tragic with all the rocks.

ambradream said...

hey! How are you? Great pictures as always! Please shoot me an email to catch up! I am trying to blog again and finally have my camera! I could use some ctique!! Hope you are well!
Stacy

Carolyn Ford said...

OMG! But, what amazing captures!