Autumn Waterfalls: Part One

About two weeks ago, before we got our first snowfall, we went on a drizzling day to find some waterfalls in the autumn color.

We knew that the rivers would be high with a lot of fast moving rapids because we had gotten rain almost every day on the week prior to our trip out.

We visited three separate waterfalls, and so the next two blogposts will be sharing of the photographs I got on that outing.

We had a great time, packing a picnic lunch and hiking in the woods. Even though it was wet and raining off and on, the air was crisp and the colors were wonderful.

This shot is looking down from a small cliff at the fast rapids of the Silver River:

The river was making a loud roar as it rushed down this narrow rock path:

Further down the same river, it reached a rock shelf and made a small waterfall (The Silver River Falls):

All the splashing and frothing as the water squeezed itself through the rocks was fantastic!:

Can't you HEAR it???:

If I were the water, I would want to flow into

THIS.

Wouldn't YOU?:

Here is a view of the Silver River waterfalls from the bottom of the Silver River looking back upstream:

We spent some time going up and down by the falls, just admiring the view:





Not only were the falls gorgeous, and the river banks beautiful,
but LOOK at the path following the rushing, high river:

The woods seemed enchanted.

The water was so high it was brimming and lapping at the banks as it rushed downstream.

The nearby rocks on the shore were wet with the splashes of the water as it rushed by.

My husband kept holding on my coat as I leaned in for pictures, afraid I would slip into the river!

(He knows me well).

I mean, wouldn't YOU want to get close to the edge of THIS

to photograph it?:

I made it through this set of waterfalls and rushing river without incident, (just in case you were wondering).

Stay tuned for my next blogpost, as we saw many other pretty waterfalls on the same day!