I like falling water but not the water dripping off my house roof from the ends of the icicles. I much prefer a warmer scene and falling water from a waterfall instead. Even the mallards and wood ducks in my pond this morning probably would like a less icy day.
Falling Water
With below freezing temperatures, the snow isn’t melting and dripping off the roof yet this morning. A better view of dripping and falling water is from a warmer day like at the hidden, out of the way waterfall of Lost Creek Falls. And when the lost became ‘founded’, it was a very relaxing place to behold.
Relaxing Near Lost Creek Falls
With temperatures finally above freezing, I was able to create “rivers” in my driveway like I used to do as a kid to drain the puddles away. The predicted warm week just might melt the snow and have rivers running again but it is too early for the trees to leaf out yet.
Downstream from Lost Creek Falls
The trees were frosty this morning, and one might say they look pretty and they would if winter had not come two months early this winter. I much rather white mist from a waterfall on a summer day instead like from this isolated waterfall called Lost Creek Falls, which isn’t ‘losted’ anymore since I ‘founded’ it.
Lost Creek Falls is Found
People have been enjoying the Wisconsin State Fair this past week, eating all the fair food, but if you enjoy a little more educational twist and headed to the Department of Natural Resources building, you could pick up the Wisconsin’s Great Lakes 2014-2015 Calendar which contains pictures from the photo contest earlier this year with nearly 500 photos submitted.
My photo, A Hidden Gem, was the first place photo in the natural features and wildlife category and is the 2015 May photo in the calendar. Lost Creek Falls is near Cornucopia on the shore of Lake Superior. Another photo I submitted of an old fishing boat placed 2nd in the cultural and historic features category and is the October 2015 photo and was my ‘Picture of the Day’ photo for 11/25/13.
Besides the calendar, the photos may be used in other DNR educational uses. To see the calendar and other winners, check out the Wisconsin Great Lakes photo contest page.
A Hidden Gem
Falling water, a babbling brook, and the gentle breeze on a warm summer day is more appealing than falling temperatures, frigid wind chills and blowing snow this winter day. Nature sounds of the glen erases all the modern world sounds and remote waterfall is a nice place to spend the afternoon.
Glorious Glen
After several days below zero, I wonder if this small stream and waterfall is still running or if it has already succumbed to the grip of winter.
Still Flowing?
When I posted the picture of the tree trunk and people ignoring it for the colored leaves, someone pointed that the roots are ignored too but just important. Well to take that a step farther, one must remember the ground the roots are in and the rock base where the ground rests on. The top of this rock wall is covered with hardwoods and pines and by this week, the contrast between the green and red foliage would be as striking as the ferns and red rocks below the trees.
Red and Green Below
When thinking of waterfalls on the western side of Lake Superior, famous waterfalls like Gooseberry Falls or Baptism High Falls come to mind but sometimes you can find a gem hidden away from most people. With a two mile hike in the forest area of the Bayfield Peninsula, a little gem of a waterfall set in a sandstone glen can be found on Lost Creek Number One.
I’m glad Lost Creek was ‘found’ as it is a breathtaking view to see the small fifteen foot waterfall at one end of a glen with high cliff walls and the small stream running across flat rocks and little boulders. Moss and ferns cover some of the rocks but when a piece of sandstone breaks off, a bright reddish-orange color is revealed.
The thick trees and the glen cut off all sounds of man-made sounds and you hear the water plunging and flowing away, the wind in the tree tops and an occasional bird call like the pileated woodpecker. The sandstone has been eroded away behind the falls so you can walk behind and peer out down the ravine through the veil of water.
I guess I am a bit selfish, but I hope Lost Creek Falls stays ‘losted’ for a while longer as it was so peaceful not to have to share the view with anyone else and it was my tranquil spot, at least for a few minutes away.
Lost Creek Falls
