I'm always a bit disappointed though when I look at my pictures from drop-dead gorgeous places like Kerikeri Falls. They just don't do it justice. Take a look anyway. It's the best I can do. A small, two-dimensional peek into a three-dimensional wonderland of palms, cliffs, water and wind.
Kerikeri Beach is at the bottom of this hill and to the left. You can see a bit of it. But we have passed by it today for a destination even more interesting. We have pulled off the road as best we could, like everyone else, to the side of this very steep, narrow road.
Another view from beside our car.
Look at this house. What a job of engineering it must have been to build that. Almost like a tree-house, but this one is perched on the very summit of the ridges beneath it. What would it be like to live there and move from room to room like that?
There is the object of today's outing. Kerikeri falls. I had been here once before, the 1st summer we lived with Allie and the boys. I find that I had forgotten a lot about it.
You arrive at this little bit of falls and pool about a minute into the trek to the main falls. This reminds me of a waterfall from the distant past. One of our last summers in Michigan, Jeanne and I made it our goal to visit as many waterfalls as we could around our part of the U.P. We had a wonderful time and saw lots of falls. Take a look at a video I made on one of those trips.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws93g5ZQ6D8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws93g5ZQ6D8
We didn't spend much time here. There is a much more impressive place not far ahead.
It's just across this little footbridge through the 'jungle.' About 5 minutes worth of walking.
There it is. Jeanne and Allie are joining other folks amiring it.
There is more water coming over it today than there was the first time I visited this falls. It was late summer then and dryer.
Amiri is standing next to the outflow from the pool at the foot of the falls. I wish you could see the palm trees swaying in the wind and smell what early summer smells like here.
A single muscovy duck was paddling around the pond today.
Do you see Jeanne sitting by the clump of flax toward the left of center? I joined her after taking this picture and we luxuriated in the sight and sound of the falls. Allie and the boys headed out for about an hour's hike into the hills above the falls. The next two pictures were taken by Allie as they hiked.
Absolutely amazing terrain.
Here he is having a seat for a moment. Fan tails were flitting all over in the air above us today. Insects must love the mistiness of the falls area and congregate, and the fan-tails act very much like fly-catchers do back home, picking them out of the air on the wing. Because of the sun's angle across the falls, we could clearly see the insects before they disappeared as the birds snatched them.
I think Amiri is saying, "What's with this goofy duck?"
I took some videos that you might like to see. I discovered that the sun's position at this point in the afternoon was not ideal for filming. -djf
What a lovely place! and like you said, it's absolutely amazing terrain. I love the sound of the waterfalls in your video clips and seeing the occasional fantail flitting through the mist. I'm almost transported to this wonderful place.
ReplyDeleteAs always, thanks so much for sharing!
Sharing it doubles our fun.
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