After our adventure to Pixley Falls State Park I decided I wanted to revisit the waterfalls of Morgan Hill. The waterfalls here do not run all of the time so spring is the best time to view them with water actually flowing, not to mention the beautiful wildflowers. I am not an expert on flora and fauna but in spring you can find lots of red Trillium in this area. The herd path to get to the falls is steep and it can be intimidating climbing down to get in front of the falls. My son was quite brave following Daddy down some sections and wasn't pleased when at others I would make him stay above with me. Safety is a priority on our excursions. There is danger near all waterfalls so we do our best to keep close eyes and ears on him. If he decides not to listen it is back to the car while my husband and I take turns. Under such a notion he decided to listen and check out the flowers instead. There are several small falls here and it may be more to ones advantage to hike up the stream bed to get in front of the last big drop. Having our son with us I opted not to do that this time. I am pretty sure he would have wound up being soaked head to toe. The cloudy skies we've been having here in New York State made for great lighting to capture the waterfalls. Morgan Hill is located next to the Labrador Hollow Unique area and it has quite a few hiking trails including parts of the Finger Lakes Trail and North Country Trail. There are a couple of other falls that you can find more directly along those trails, namely Enchanted Hollow and Hemlock Hollow Falls. The area is quite lovely and I love all the spring wildflowers here, which I did try to incorporate in most of these waterfall photos. I will try to blog about Enchanted and Hemlock Hollows in the next blog post. Until then I hope you enjoy the photos and feel inspired. -Julie
What better thing can I do on a very wet rainy day than to catch up a bit on my blog. My family recently made a quick visit to a place very special to us. You see my husband and I actually met a Photography Show in Rome, NY many years ago. He started talking to me as I stopped to admire one of his waterfall photos for the third time. We wound up exchanging phone numbers and later that week he called to see if I'd be interested in photographing some of the waterfalls at Pixley Falls State Park with him. Although nervous I agreed. It was freezing cold that January day but evidently we both had a good time. Two and a half years later we were married in the field above the falls on a very sunny fall day! Pixley Falls State Park is actually located in my hometown although I have visited the park more as an adult than ever as a kid. Our son enjoyed "floating boats" (leaves) in the water as my husband and I photographed the falls. The main drop is 50 feet tall. If you continue the nature trail which is a loop you will cross a few of the tributaries to Lansing Kill. On this day we just turned around and because we did not park at the park but had walked to it from the end of the BREIA trail and thought is would be quicker and easier than doing the whole loop. I think some of the small tributaries are actually prettier than Pixley Falls itself but that is just my opinion. Please note however these tributaries sometimes dry up in summer so if you want to see them springtime or right after a rain would be the best time catch them. I couldn't resist some of the wildflowers just starting to spring up. All in all it was a good day except for the embarrassing moment in which I didn't recognize a classmate on the trail, but it's been a few decades, although he did recognize me. My son had fun petting my classmates beautiful beagle puppy, watching robins with his binoculars and tramping about after dear old Dad. In our hearts we remembered a couple of important visits to Pixley Falls mainly our first date and wedding day. Hope you enjoy the photos and come back for more adventures!
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