Spring Thaw: Taughannok Park (Anna's Falls)

Just over a month ago we were chasing winter waterfalls, now we're running around to catch the spring thaw- and it's pretty freaking awesome considering there are many years where the thaw is so heavy that although the falls are roaring, they are also brown and not attractive from all the mud and debris.

The only thing that would make this better is if the skies were blue- hopefully when we do the summer run there won't be a drought so you'll get to see the blue skies, the abundant greenery and the roaring falls :)

Howie and I are currently in friendly competition for 'who takes the better shots...or which camera is better'

Here you can see the lookout for the bottom trail which takes you up close and personal- this is also featured in my series The Allies of Old in both Reborn

When they reached their destination they all stopped to pay homage to the great waters rushing down from high above. Though it was narrow, the sheer height from which it fell was greater than that of Niagara Falls making it impressive in its own right. Sometimes, when there were few people around, they would swim at the base of it. Today the park was busy and they would not escape notice if they were to jump in with their typical banshee cries so they restricted themselves to the benches that lined the wooden railing.

The upper trail at Taughannok Park is about three miles round trip, and the midway point is somewhere near the top of the falls.

Now here begins the lower trail to the larger falls, though the ones I consider the Entrance Falls are still quite majestic, and also featured in Reborn

Anna mused that there were few things, at least in her limited experience of life, that were more beautiful than a waterfall. She closed her eyes against the fine mist blanketing her face and listened.

It was a combination of things really. The constant thunder of its endless pour over the sides of well-worn rock, but when you listened closely it was as if there were hundreds of individual streams all calling out their own unique, triumphant cries as they jumped over the side in complete and joyous abandon, and when you put it all together it became one voice, like a well-trained symphony.

And that was what she saw of it with her eyes still closed and her head thrown back, breathing in the chilly vapor that seemed to refresh her to her innermost core, yet another element of its glory.

She slowly opened her eyes and began moving backward out of its delicious spray to fully take in the sight. She drew in a breath and experienced a shiver of pure pleasure. It was mesmerizing to watch and she grinned foolishly at the thought that those hundreds of slivers of water looked like strings of diamonds leaping into the shimmering robes of an angel, rippling the gown as they flowed to the bottom.

Stay tuned for more spring thaw photo shoots!

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