Day 3.279: Water cuts both ways

With apologies to anyone who hoped that this post would be about water jet cutting.

Not for the first time we took a cue from All Over Albany and went out in search of a new waterfall or two to enjoy after the rain over the last few days. The Plotter Kill Nature Preserve just outside Schenectady won our attention and we had an exciting walk there.  In fact, Exile #2 found the combination of trails along the edge of precipices, erratic children, steep uneven climbs and descents and the stream fording a little too exciting and has been referring to it as the 'trail of certain death'. We are, however, all still alive and well at this end of the day.

Firstly, the waterfalls: they were on good form - this is two pictures of the upper falls and two of a small cascade below them.

On the other hand, the water also made the trails quite soggy and slippery when they got steep (to be fair in the top right picture here we had accidentally strayed from the trail!) and, when the trail crossed a stream (just at the bottom of the bottom-left picture here), we had to resort to taking off shoes and socks and paddling though!  Exile #2 and I waded over (I carried the others) and Exile #3 joined us in paddling on the way back over.

Click on either collage for the Flickr slideshow of the same photos.