We ventured to a location close to where we at the time. Randomly selected because it was close to drive to. It was a short outing while on a work errand and a surprisingly delightful find. Without looking at images, we simply searched the map apps for a trail nearby and picked one that was close and had a waterfall.
A quick flash back: before our website, we journeyed to see a few waterfalls with the kiddos and walk a trail not too far from home. They learned that there were different types of waterfalls and were able to name the types (cascading, ribbon, etc.). This new location would be a chance for them to use that knowledge that they had obtained. Off we went.
While we’re still working on figuring out how to add photos, the incredible sight was immense! Also, to our delight was the exclamation from the kiddos, “Look! It’s a cascading waterfall!”
The location we selected and time as well, could not have been better. It was overcast which made the colours of the leaves on the trees that much more vibrant. It was cool and windless while we walked down stairs to a basin and noted a sign there en Français, bringing attention to the possibility of fast rising waters due to the hydro electric damn up and off a distance. We still took in the sights and sounds from where we were, observing the rocks and how they alternated in colour and maybe rock variety too (still to be investigated).
We continued on our journey, back up the stairs and down the trail to a suspension bridge crossing over the river. It was hard to tell the depth of the river as in some areas bare rock was visible.
The path meandered in a couple directions and we chose to go down more stairs and followed along the edge. We came by a lovely lookout point on a narrow deep ravine that made its way into a turbine for generating electricity. To the kids delight as well (as they previously learned about our own city’s hydroelectricity generation), they were able to identify this site and tell us what happened there too. It was nice to see the validation of the knowledge they acquired. It was clearly proud moments for them.
From there we accessed the other side of the basin, noting the different colour ribbons of rock, took a selfie and ascended back up and over the suspension bridge to the car. In all of this, there were people around when we arrived but it was quiet. When we returned to the parking lot, this was a different story. Happy to have been able to find and enjoy this location before it became very busy.