Salmon River Falls ROAD TRIP!!!- Orwell, NY

Today we took a ride on the motorcycles out to Salmon River Falls. If you've never been i highly recommend it if you are in the area or feel the urge (& have the gas $...) to go for a loooong drive.
Here's a Google maps link and some photos of our mini road trip
http://www.google.com/m/places?source=mog&hl=en&gl=us&client=ms-android-att-us&sa=N#ipd:gl=us&hl=en&mode=search&q=Salmon%20River%20Falls%2C%20Orwell%2C%20Oswego%2C%20New%20York&source=ipd

on the way to the falls there is an awesome old wooden water tower. One of the last in the state.

A bit about the Area.

A view of the falls

Wild flowers on the trail

More flowers

Another view from the trail

SOOOOO purdy!!!

Ooopsies! Here it is right side up! Lol. Some smart phone. Shouldn't it auto rotate pics and do my dishes? Droid doesn't.
Lets see if this works...

Edited: nope. Didn't work I'll fix those and add them later

This message was edited Sep 3, 2011 10:20 PM

Moving on.

The river

Grrrr. I hate that i can't tell what photos are still sideways sorry guy. If you wanna see it right you'll just have to come with me next time! Lol

The pictures just don't do it justice

Ok now my phone is just being dumb. I even previewed that one and it wasn't that picture before. Ugh. I'm a horrible tour guide!

If you are brave...or crazy you can walk right out to the edge of the falls.

Sister in law and "cousin in law"?

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Hubby in the middle, his brother to the right

A gorgeous flower growing out of the rock. Any ideas?

A closer shot

Little falls over the big falls

That cute little flower again

Here's me and Dustin.

Bead Fern and little blue flowers

Heading back home

Back by the water tower

One more of the towers. From the other side of the lake

And then....there was this crazy gas station/general store in Altmar.... This was in the entry way.....

..........I didn't even notice that i put it in the wrong forum. :( lol

That was quite a trip Outlaw! I loved the white flowers...don't know what they are....the falls are beautiful....

I enjoyed your pics of the trip, Outlaw.
What forum did you intend ? I ought to look at scenery or travel sites sometime when I'm tired of working in the yard.

It's beautiful there. So relaxing. I was going to put it in The public gardens, even though it's technically a state park but i think i must have been reading the Irene thread before hand or something. Lol oh well at least we're in the north east, and maybe near by enough to have been, or go someday if we're so inclined. I think it was daylily that pposted a bunch of as display gardens and i though wow! I gotta find one nearby! So beautiful. With so many great ideas. I have to admit. This year was all about getting the plants in the ground. Now i want almost every one of them somewhere else. Lol

Yep, it's a mad dash to plant here too. The public garden site does deserve to have a lot more entries, though. It would be an easy way to check them out to decide when to see them.

The white flower has been driving me crazy....the closest I could get was 'shinleaf'.....it's white, waxy, & grows in moist places through Aug.

Lovely pictures, this is one of the waterfalls on my "Must See" list! Thank you for sharing your trip with us!!!
OH, I think the white flower is hepatica.
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0PDoYCz0mROpkAAvsqjzbkF?p=hepatica+plant&fr=&ei=utf-8&n=30&x=wrt&y=Search+Images

Looks close, but I think hepatica only blooms in the spring......

True, forgot that part. How about Anemone?

Seems like it... I'm really not sure though. Not sure if you can see the veins through the petals in my picture, but the white hepatica doesn't seem to have that. Maybe i just can't see it in their pics either? Certainly does seem to be the same type of foliage. But it was still blooming! I will now be on the look out for this plant and seeds. :)

No, anenome is not waxy....those leaves are waxy.....

Think I finally ID that white flower for you.....
Parnassia fimbriata ~ aka "Bog Star'
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1937/


http://thegardengeeks.com/home/index.php?option=com_sobi2&sobi2Task=sobi2Details&catid=4&sobi2Id=560&Itemid=132



This message was edited Sep 6, 2011 4:31 PM

OK I emailed one of the Ladies over in plant ID and her best guess is Parnassia glauca
http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/parnassiaglau.html

http://www.saylorplants.com/pd.asp?pid=2734

I think her "guess" is dead on! ^_^

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Yes, does look like it, but it's a zone 7 plant......would that be in NY state?

It's a Parnassia and this one is hardy and is native to new York .
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1937/