Here is a frozen waterfall for this #wednesdaywalk by @tattoodjay
We took a walk to Starved Rock State Park to see the frozen waterfalls.
To get an idea of scale you can see my fiance standing in front of this huge frozen waterfall. I'm sure ice climbers would love to test out their crampons and ice picks on this.
The ice formations were quite blue and millions of tiny ice crystals were raining down from it as the water underneath was still flowing but freezing on the way down.
The ice starts looking like stalactites with a bright blue hue to them.
To get down to the waterfall we had to go down black ice covered steps. Fortunately we had our ice cleats on, it would be quite a tumble to slip all the way down this stairway.
The overlook at the top of the stairs has a nice view of the Illinois river.
Only the middle of the river wasn't frozen. The sides of the banks look frozen solid.
We usually come here in winter to observe the bald eagles fishing in the river. Sadly we came here too late in the day and saw only one off in the distance in a tree. They tend to be out in the early morning fishing and flying around the overlooks.
After a day of hiking slippery ice stairs and pathways we worked up a hunger and gorged at one of the few restaurants available on the way back. Cracker Barrel is standard road trip food for the midwest lol.
That's all for now, thanks for looking :-)
WOW thats amazing to see, and glad you had fiancé pose in front of the waterfall really shows how huge it is
good thing you had cleats for those stairs
I havent been to a cracker barrel for years must check out the local one here sometime
Thanks for joining Wednesday Walk :), I truly enjoy exploring the world virtually each Wednesday seeing walks from all around the globe and feeling I am there and experiencing it all myself, such as I did in your post just now :)
It was still somewhat treacherous walking even with the cleats. Usually out in the boondocks the only decent place to eat is at a cracker barrel the only other alternative is gnarly fast food.
I bet it was tough walking there
We stay away from fast food these days
Would hate to cancel out the walk exercise with a gnarly burger.
Exactly how I feel
this is the first time i see a frozen waterfall,
There are a few around here as well as some ice caves. The ice caves are hard to get to though as you need a snow mobile to even get through the thick snow.
what you show this time, is really adorable, have a nice day with your fiancé
That frozen waterfall is so beautiful.
It looks really cold but beautiful.
It was making some interesting noises too sort of crystaline sounds as the water was still flowing through it slowly inside.
ohhh....beautiful
It is quite the sight to behold, probably around 5 stories high.
wow, this is really really amazing, i can't imagine how cold it is.
It was around -10 celcius, but it was bearable because it wasn't windy as well.
Very cold for me.
Because in our place nothing like that happened.
very beautiful friend. there must have been very cold weather.
We had many layers of clothes on and there was no wind out so it wasn't too bad. Not a nice tropical weather like you have though.
Yes . Where I'm always hot😁
It was a great idea to show us the scale, awesome!
And a lovely walk in general! I loved how the colors changed from picture to picture!
The color change was probably from differences between my zoom lens vs my phone panoramas. The zoom lens was more accurate in the color of the day, cold/blue. The phone brightens things up.
Maybe! But I didn't even think of it!
I enjoyed the warm color of the rocks vs the color of the ice, the color of the frozen river vs the warmth of the trees, and at the end the great colors of the sunset :)
Amazing!!! This is the second mention of Cracker Barrel in as many days, here in my feed! I spent the first 20 years of my life in Michigan...I've never even been inside one!
It's pretty good, I usually get the catfish with okra and green beans. Their southern fried chicken is amazing though very high in calories.
ah...most of the really good things ARE (high in calories) ;)
Amazing 🥰
I hope the get some bald eagles photos next time I go there.
amazing view