Bastion Falls

While driving along Route 23 the moving landscape almost seems as if it was “photoshoped”. I see the grass is exceedingly green, the roadway slick as if used in a car commercial, and the sky deep blue. There has been a tremendous quantity of rainfall in the Catskill Region causing roads to fail and creeks to pour out. After one heavy shower of many in recent weeks, Route 23 was closed because of a known slope failure along the roadway. A mound of dirt standing nearly 30 feet high was trucked into the area the following day.

I made a trip to Kaaterskillfalls Falls during a break from all the rain. Many cars driving along “Horseshoe Bend” on Route 23A slowed down to glimpse Bastion Falls in its surging splendor. The people in the cars snapped photos enthusiastically from the window. The flow of the roadside waterfalls has been incredibly strong. Seasonal waterfalls normally dry this time of year have sprung to life.

As I walked to the trail of Kaaterskill Falls and stood on the stairway of stones that mark the beginning of the trail I spoke to one hiker making the return trip. He stated a woman was frantic after thinking her kids were sweep away from the sheer force of the creek. The hiker and his wife searched for the 2 kids as the woman cried thinking the most horrible. It turned out the kids were only full of energy and marched ahead of their Mother racing to Kaaterskill Falls to see the grand prize.

The pictures below help show the difference with shutter speed settings the camera.

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