The weather this week has been spectacularly warm and sunny, especially considering it is the first week of November, so I felt it was glorious weather to explore the Luskville Falls, on the Eardley Escarpment. The last time I climbed the falls was in May, with the lush green growth of spring all around and heavy spring water flow over the falls, so I was curious to see how the falls looked at this time of year.
As I drove there, along the base of the escarpment, I was quite struck by the amount of colour on the escarpment, mistakenly thinking that with the loss of the red, orange and yellow leaves of the Maples, Birch and Poplar trees, which had all fallen, there would be none. The colour however was stunning. I hadn’t appreciated the wide coverage on the escarpment of the Oak and Beech trees, which hold onto their bronze and rusty brown leaves well into the early winter. The extensive bronze colour unexpectedly accented all the now visible rock outcroppings. For me, it was a beautiful sight.
I’m sharing here a few close up photos of the falls, however, while the sun was glorious for hiking it was not conducive to capturing good photos: strong sunlight caused glaring reflections and shadows on the wet rocks, which otherwise would have been quite colourful. Early morning or late afternoon would have been better for capturing the gorgeous colours in the falls. Nonetheless, the outing was a fine adventure!
