Shohola Falls

I love water.  I love that it can seem so calm but be so deep and dangerous, it can be roaring and powerful and cause so much damage and it's something we take for granted.
There's a local waterfall that I like to go to once in while and walk around and take photos of.  Below are some photos of Shohola Falls  Hope you enjoy them.

 After a heavy rain storm and snow melting in the Spring of 210 here's what the falls looked like.

 I saw a group of Kayakers go down this falls.  I thought they were crazy but they had so much fun yelling and ridding the roaring river.  This was just when I had gotten my camera and was learning how to use it so I missed my shot at getting them Kayaking down the falls.

I went back again in the summer of 2010 and here are some photos of the falls then, you can see how much they've changed.

 Now for my birthday I went back out and visited the falls with my family.  We visited late in the day right before sunset so I was able to play with slow shutter speeds and got some really neat photos of the sun.

 Above is a black and white of part of the falls.  I love the movement of the water.  Below is the same part of the falls just from a different angle, and in color.

 The above is a black and white of the top part of the falls right below the dam and I just loved the sun here you can see the rays so well and it'.

 Here's my daughter looking out at the falls (being frustrated with my husband for holding on to her shirt so she doesn't get too close to the edge of the cliff)  This was our first time taking her to Shohola Falls and she LOVED it.  Such a great way to spend the evening of my birthday :)

 Casualties of fishing.  A tree limb hanging over the cliff and out over the water catches stray bobbers, and fishing lures.

This big old tree stand it's ground at the top of the falls.  In heavy rain when the water is high it is it's own island.

I've only hiked one part of the Shohola Falls trails but I found this blogger who tells you about all the other trail options you have when visiting and she has some great photos of the sites you'll see.  I look forward to going on the other trails she talks about the next time I'm there :)