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trailer/falls

A farm trailer and a waterfall, also discovered because of the detour that I mentioned yesterday.

These waterfalls come and go, depending on how much rain there’s been. This one was rushing and just as I left the sound of it changed – and the amount of water noticeably increased. And on the other hand, when I looked at this place on a street-view map, the trailer was there but not one drop of water was flowing down the mountain.

Allt Chreaga Dubha Waterfall
Isle of Mull, Scotland

photographed 11.9.2023

Falls & Fence

My challenge always is, when I’m in a place that’s been photographed a lot, is to find a different angle. Sometimes I’m successful, and other times I’m not…

Palouse Falls State Park, Washington
photographed 9.2.2020

Falls

Of course we did – of course we made a day trip over to see Palouse Falls. It is the State Waterfall, after all, and is also among the last active waterfalls on the Ice Age floods path.

The park’s website notes that it is a “remote recreational experience.” The park’s website is not wrong.

Palouse Falls State Park, Washington
photographed 9.2.2020

Bright water in the dark forest

Everyone we met in Minnesota advised us to visit this state park.* They obviously weren’t wrong.

Gooseberry Falls State Park, Minnesota
photographed 9.25.2019

*State park admission is free, which is really cool.

Water Crossing

The Mississippi River, as it flows past downtown Minneapolis (or, what I saw on vacation).

Minneapolis
photographed 9.21.2019