At the falls I noticed this limb in the water with these beautiful and unique icicles hanging off from it. The sunlight and water were reflecting from them just gorgeous and it reminded me of a chandelier!

Most people have been to Lampson falls, and if not you should go. Easily the most popular and one of the easily accessed waterfalls in the region, and it's on the main branch of the Grasse river.. It's an easy 6/10th mile (each way) trip, and there is wheelchair access to a very nice overlook of the falls. The last part of that section is cribbed in and filled with stone for a easy grade. You can also go to the bottom of the falls, and up onto a stone outcropped facing the falls head-on. I don't know how many times i have been here, but it never get's old.

After a swim at Lampson Falls my sister-in-law went to put on her sandals, when to her surprise a young Northern ringneck snake was sunning itself on top of it. It quickly slithered off and hid in some leaf litter at the base of a rock. Northern ringnecks are not poisonous, and their diets consist of earthworms, insects, salamanders, and frogs.

Walking into Lampson Falls and saw this beautiful leaf on the ground...first color seen down. Beautiful but sad to see summer ending at the same time.

Enjoying the beautiful walk into Lampson and Nature!

Walking into Lampson Falls saw lots of various Mushrooms. This one looked so fragile.

This is last of three pictures captured at Lampson Falls. It is of an animal sign that I believe to be the imprint in the snow of a cotton tail rabbit. I think it is a cotton tail and not a snowshoe hare because of the size and spread of the prints. The feet of a snowshoe hare would I think be larger than this, especially the hind-feet. This photo was taken off to the side of the trail away from the Grasse River. Natural History: The Grasse River is a tributary of the St. Lawrence and had formerly served as a power source for nearby towns.

This picture was taken at Lampson Falls and is the second of three photos taken there. This photo is of a porcupine our class saw there while looking for animal tracks. When we found this porcupine he was making his way up this tree and continued to do so after stumbled upon him. He didn’t seem to be eating the bark of this tree, which is what I believe to be a hemlock, but was simply climbing the tree. As I stated, this photo was taken at Lampson Falls which is located on the Grasse River. Natural History: The Grasse River is a tributary of the St.

I took this photo at Lampson Falls because of the shear beauty of the frozen river. Lampson Falls is one of the most popular hiking destinations in up-state New York and contributes heavily to both environmental education in New York state and local tourism (though there is no entry fee for the trail, drawing people to the area inevitably means drawing customers to local businesses). I chose this photo because it really captures the diversity of the North Country.

Stone Valley has a portion of the trail that's described as "the most spectacular stretch of Stone Valley" where the river has a patch of very dramatic rapids. I chose this photo because the power and strength of the river is very evident from the far side of the riverbank. You can also see the other side of the river really well, so it's easy to see that certain species of trees stop growing at respective distances from the river.