Salt Springs State Park is a beautiful place to hike and sight-see. It located close to the border of New York and it is an hour drive away from our place. According to my state park passport, the main attractions are the old growth, three to four hundred-year old Hemlock Trees. You will see the towering trees and also three waterfalls if you walk on Fall Brook Trail. Do walk cautiously because the slope is pretty steep at the beginning of the trail.
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| Rocky gorge. |
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| We are walking on boardwalk that followed the rim of the gorge under the towering canopy of Hemlock Trees. |
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| Penny Rock. |
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| It's amazing to see pennies embedded into layers of rock over years and years. There is a saying to remove the penny will bring bad luck; to leave a penny will bring good luck. |
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| One of the waterfalls. |
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| It is nice to come early and have the whole place by ourselves. |
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| Half way through Fall Brook Trail we stumbled upon this wide open field. We do silly running and spinning to show our free spirit. Sound of Music wannabe. |
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| Love this shot. |
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If you look closely on the flowers over the field, these mating bugs are everywhere.
Lily asked, "What are they doing?" "They are trying to have babies," replied Allen. I guess Lily gets the idea? |
Wetland Trail is an easy 0.6 miles hike but you will have to walk pass all these human-height plants and shrubs. This trail is very pretty where you can discover lots of floras and insects. We make a lunch break at the end of Wetland Trail.
Wetland Trail
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| One of the stunning shot by Allen's S6 phone. |
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| Look kind of flora but it's a kind of fungus. |
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| Two adventurous people climbed up this huge White Pine while Major barked his lung out underneath the tree. |
Overlook Trail
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| Lily found a toad. We are hoping she doesn't squish it to death. |
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My cute baby with flower.
*Please don't kill me!* |
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| Last stop to the waterfall before we headed home. |
We hiked for a total of 3 hours that day. By the time we get down to the parking lot, there were lot more people in the park. I see there was a family portrait photo session going on at the Wheaton House, maybe this can be my inspiration of taking this year family photo.
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