The Ashokan Reservoir is on the Eastern side of Catskill State Park (Catskill Mountains in Upstate New York) and is one of the main water suppliers to NYC. It’s also about 8-10 minutes from our house, and provided an excellent opportunity for photos one recent afternoon!
This is the first set of photos – I’ll post the second set in a day or two. I’m trying not to inundate any readers of this weblog with too many images all at once!
This is my second set of photos from Lake Minnewaska State Park. Besides the gorgeous Catkill Mountain views and the Autumn colors, one of the most amazing attractions there is Awosting Falls. A number of small waterfalls lead up to the main waterfall, which plunges 60 feet down a white wall of horizontally ribbed strata and into a pool – just gorgeous!
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This is my first set of photos from our recent trip to Lake Minnewaska State Park – we lucked out with a beautiful day! (Click each image to see a larger image or to purchase a framed or unframed print at my gallery at Imagekind.)
Lake Minnewaska
Two Black Water Snakes on Branches (Can you see them?)
Lake Minnewaska Reflection
Red Leaves, Blue Sky
White Cliffs at Lake Minnewaska
View of Catskill Mountains
Autumn Colors and Stumpy!
It’s October 15th, and it’s snowing – now THAT’S the New York State I know from my childhood – like wearing a winter coat over a Halloween costume as we go trick-or-treating – LOL.
There’s actually more snow around the jackolantern on the porch now than in this shot (took it early because I wasn’t sure how long the ‘accumulation’ would last today), and I’ve put up a really short, and boring snow video HERE and HERE for your enjoyment or horror, depending on your opinion on snow in October. *grin*
About a week ago, John, our friend Tom, and I went apple picking at the Stone Ridge Orchard nearby. The weather seemed just perfect, and the orchard was only muddy in a few spots, so it wasn’t too hard to walk around. It was great smelling all the apples and fresh autum air!
Just a few photos (click on them to see larger versions or buy prints and whatnot):
A number of the trees were already picked clean, but there were still plenty left and at least a dozen different kinds were available. We filled one of the bags with what we guessed was about 30 pounds of apples. We’ve made apple pie, apple sauce, apple turnovers, and eaten a lot of them straight. We still have a bunch of them left – I see at least one more apple pie in my future soon!
