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Jun. 7th, 2007
Watkin's Glen
Jun. 7th, 2007 11:37 pmOn Friday night, we arrived in Watkin's Glen around 7pm and on empty stomaches. But seeing as we were considering trying to make it to Ithica before we slept, my parents described the Watkin's Glen hike as very short (less than a mile, we thought), and we weren't sure how much more daylight we would have, we headed on in. There were a few other groups there enjoying the beautiful glen as well, but before long, we started to hear thunder and the sky got overly dark for that early in the evening. Pretty soon, we had the place to ourselves as we continued inward and everyone else left.
Watkin's Glen gorge trial runs along the most beautiful little stream of waterfall after waterfall. The path has many stone stairs and a low stone wall to keep visitors from falling in. There are beautiful bridges and a few little tunnels. The path was well designed, and I think does a wonderful job of enhancing the beauty of the place, rather than detracting from it. I expected to see elves show up in flowing gowns at any moment. If there was ever somewhere I wouldn't have minded being caught out in the rain, this would have been it. I think it very well might be the most beautiful place I have ever had the pleasure to be. And it was all the more magical for having it almost entirely to ourselves. We took lots of photos, trying to capture the beauty of the place in spite of the low light. Sadly, we don't really know how to use the manual features of our new camera very well yet, and most of the pictures came out very noisy if they weren't far too dark (to keep the shutter speed high and avoid too much motion blur). Probably we would have done better to shoot on auto using the tripod in more of the photos. Oh well... I'll have to rely on my memory for how beautiful it really was that evening, and how romantic with the thunder and mist and all. Amazingly enough, it didn't even end up raining. We didn't come out until almost 9pm (the trail turned out to be 1.5 miles each way), and we were so enchanted we decided we should stay the night and come back in the morning when there was more light for better photos. After changing into our formal clothes, we went to dinner at fancy little restaurant in a building that looked like it had originally been a train station.
The magic of Watkin's Glen begins at the trail head, with a view of the first bridge across the gorge, and a tunnel to reach the trail from the parking lot.
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Watkin's Glen gorge trial runs along the most beautiful little stream of waterfall after waterfall. The path has many stone stairs and a low stone wall to keep visitors from falling in. There are beautiful bridges and a few little tunnels. The path was well designed, and I think does a wonderful job of enhancing the beauty of the place, rather than detracting from it. I expected to see elves show up in flowing gowns at any moment. If there was ever somewhere I wouldn't have minded being caught out in the rain, this would have been it. I think it very well might be the most beautiful place I have ever had the pleasure to be. And it was all the more magical for having it almost entirely to ourselves. We took lots of photos, trying to capture the beauty of the place in spite of the low light. Sadly, we don't really know how to use the manual features of our new camera very well yet, and most of the pictures came out very noisy if they weren't far too dark (to keep the shutter speed high and avoid too much motion blur). Probably we would have done better to shoot on auto using the tripod in more of the photos. Oh well... I'll have to rely on my memory for how beautiful it really was that evening, and how romantic with the thunder and mist and all. Amazingly enough, it didn't even end up raining. We didn't come out until almost 9pm (the trail turned out to be 1.5 miles each way), and we were so enchanted we decided we should stay the night and come back in the morning when there was more light for better photos. After changing into our formal clothes, we went to dinner at fancy little restaurant in a building that looked like it had originally been a train station.
The magic of Watkin's Glen begins at the trail head, with a view of the first bridge across the gorge, and a tunnel to reach the trail from the parking lot.
( Pictures and more description from Watkin's Glen )
Gallery