The snow was slowly melting off my roof but it was just a drip, drip and not a steady stream like this cascade of Siskiwit Falls. Just twenty days ago, the autumn colors were displaying brilliant colors and the white was from the rapids and not snow.
Cascading Autumn
The rain overnight would have added a little more water to the streams so with the sunshine this afternoon, it was a good day for an autumn hike along a river, especially if near a cascading waterfall.
Siskiwit Slide
A water slide would feel good today with the high heat index, and this natural slide is one of the series of falls and slides of the Siskiwit River. After this first slide, there are bigger ones down stream as the water drops and makes its way into Lake Superior.
Natural Water Slide
Today was another cloudy January day but since it wasn’t snowing, adventurers exploring the winter landscape may have visited waterfalls, which many are beginning to ice over creating interesting frozen structures.
Frozen Siskiwit Falls
A month ago, this river was sweeping away the colorful maple leaves. And while it is still flowing today and isn’t frozen over like my pond is, there are not too many maple leaves for it to carry downstream anymore.
Red Leaf Floating Away
The rain overnight and today will add some more water to streams to keep the waterfalls flowing this fall as the leaves continue to fall also. Siskiwit Falls has four main drops and slides, like this small foot ledge, as the river makes its way to Lake Superior.
Fall Time at Siskiwit Falls
The above temperature this December Saturday may have been a good time to get one last hike in to visit waterfalls before the colder temperatures and the snow piles up. Even tiny waterfalls are a nice place to sit and listen to the falling water.
Small Drop of Siskiwit Falls
The snow is shrinking down and melting a little with the recent few days above freezing but the landscape is still mostly white. And while some rivers and streams may continue to flow all winter, some are flowing under a layer of ice and you may only hear the small waterfalls until they poke out in the spring again.
Icy River
Even though it was above freezing today, it would be rather chilly to walk on the river sand, even if it wasn’t frozen over.
Siskiwit Falls
A babbling stream can make a very soothing sound for one to enjoy and relax. And while this seems like a nice river with water creating gurgles and ripples around and over rocks, the sound was a bit noisier with the upper falls of the Siskiwit River upstream and the middle falls directly behind me.
The sound is not roaring as larger falls would generate as the Siskiwit Falls only drops twenty feet in a series of drops and slides, with the largest cascading slide having a drop of ten feet and the other three drops and slides averaging two to five feet as it empties into the Lake Superior less than a mile away. But little falls were still impressive as you could get right up to the falls and let the water spill over your hands as it dropped over the falls but one problem of getting so close, I kept getting drops of water on the camera lens.
Siskiwit Falls
