FALCON RIDGE PART THE SECOND: voyages beyond the festival.

scene from a diner, Hillsdale, NY.

upended boat hull, Hillsdale Diner.

antique car in unlikely setting, Gerneral Store, Copake Falls, NY.

old car? or time machine powering up? Copake Falls, NY.

path from above, Taghkanic State Park.

light, water, stones, Taghkanic State Park.

stream running in sunlight, Taghkanic State Park.

along the path, Taghkanic State Park.

frog, Taghkanic State Park.

height over the green pool, Taghkanic State Park.

oldben along the stream, Taghkanic State Park.

3D spiderweb, Taghkanic State Park.

the totem of Bish Bash, god of the falls.

crossing the state line on foot. uphill, i might add.

Bish Bash Falls. it seemed fairly unimportant whether it was Bish-Bash or Bash-Bish.
i swear the signs kept changing.

bathers at Bish Bash falls.

park info. notice how much attention has been paid to it. "no swimming", indeed.

bathers collected around the waterfall, Bish Bash Park, MA.

child in the cold waterfall run-off, Taghkanic State Park, NY.

oldben discovers his toes in the stream, Taghkanic State Park.

downstream, Taghkanic State Park.

ripples over rocks, Taghkanic State Park. photo by oldben.

yours truly in the stream, Taghkanic State Park. photo by oldben.

reflections & shadows in water, Taghkanic State Park. photo by oldben.

skeeters, Taghkanic State Park.

collecting river rocks, Taghkanic State Park. photo by oldben.

child chasing fish, Taghkanic State Park.

child chasing skeeters, Taghkanic State Park.

the shadow of a skeeter on the surface, Taghkanic State Park.

refractions in water, Taghkanic State Park.

water over stone, Taghkanic State Park.

carved walking stick, State Line Lookout gift shop.

the Jersey side in its epic costume, scenic overlook off Palisades Parkway.

wake patterns, Hudson River, Palisades State Line Look-out.

hazy Manhattan in the distance over the Hudson.

yours truly at the Palisades Look-out. i was not ready to go home yet.

Hudson River with the beginnings of Manhattan in the distance.

the Hudson River from the Palisades Look-out.