While the rush of the floodwater has receded, there is still plenty of water coming over this falls. Walking in there today, in the sunshine, with no flies out yet, the air thick with the song of the returning birds, the trout lilies decorating the forest floor, it was magical. I highly recommend it.
During the height of the flood, the rock in the center was completely covered, and the water was much farther up the banks as well.
We were in t-shirts. The day was hot. But as you approach the Falls, the air noticeably drops in temperature. There are still huge rock-falls of ice next to the river, creating their own patterns. There are nine distinct ecosystems at Ragged Falls Park -- this, with the mossy northern face of the rocks holding the cold, is one of them.
Old stumps have their own charm, and beauty.
Trout lilies -- or as my dad called them, Adders' Tongues, are out. Next will be the May pinks, and trilliums.
And no visit towards Algonquin Park is complete this time of year without the obligatory photo of a moose standing at the roadside. We saw 4... but three of them kept moving just out of camera range. This youngster was more obliging. And he was only a short distance from Ragged Falls itself.
I know those falls well. It's going to take weeks, I think, before the waters really start to lessen to the point where the river's more accessible as it tends to be in later summer.
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