Waterfall collection

post #368
       ICED UP WATERFALLS --- not guaranteed to happen every year.  We are trying to take advantage of this brief moment by taking walks to the falls, making photos and by sharing the amazement with friends.  The cliffs have icicle curtains!
       First to go see the scene were my daughter, her friend, Farrah, and two kids. They just had cell phones with them.  However, the cold was extreme and the phones soon gave up the ghost, so to speak. LUCKILY, Farrah was able to make one excellent photo, and it shows both the top and the bottom of the big waterfall as they reach out, wanting to touch each other. Thanks for being there, Farrah, and sharing the moment here.
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Today, two days later, this is how it looks, from the side:

                 

(I do believe this is my favorite photo from today.)

   Actually,  the big waterfall looks like the next two photos most of the year:

So far the photos have been all about the "big waterfall", but a week ago the ice was also beginning to pile up at what we call the first waterfall:

[photo by Rick Wayman, visiting with his family, from Santa Barbara, at the beginning of the super cold spell]

 This is what it looks like in other seasons:

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And always there, all year round, is the creek:

The creek is still frozen today, but contemplating some melt time.

Nik and Hannah experiencing the one flat area of the day's adventure.

      
      I have more, but I also have a second Christmas dinner that's ready to eat, now that Nik and Hannah have finally made it down here from Massachusetts!  So come visit my post  again, and thanks for sharing the all ice, no snow beauty we have around us at the moment.  Hard to believe that so many people in the White House are walking on such thin ice while here we are enjoying unexpected marvels....