Contemplation II repost
Climb down the cliff stair, 223 of them, to this quiet place.
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Contemplation I repost
Climb down the cliff stair, 223 of them, to this quiet place.
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Lucifer Falls Slide Show
Farewell for now
Pam and I visited Tremank for our last visit of 2017. It was a bright, warm October afternoon. Here is a slide show of our experience, the details shared in recent postings. Enjoy!!
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Brink of Lucifer Falls 
Lucifer Falls Overlook from the Gorge Trail 
Lucifer Falls from Rim Trail Overlook 
Lucifer Falls from Rim Trail Overlook 
Pam on the Cliff Staircase 
Unidentified Tree 
Luficer Falls Overlook, northeast 
Cliff Stair Wall, autumn with hemlock 
Cliff Stair Wall, autumn with fern generations 
Cliff Stair Wall, autumn Geranium and mosses 
Pam examines the moss 
Cliff Stair Wall, autumn Moss 
Autumn foot Bridge 
Woman on Footbridge, Contemplation 
Over the bridge
In November the gorge is closed for the winter due to dangerous conditions under the steep, crumbling walls. Robert H. Treman New York State Park.
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Cliff Stairs IV
A Wall with Moss Padding
Pam examining thick moss growth on the sedimentary rock of Treman gorge. These layers of shale, sandstone, siltstone formed at the bottom of a broad, shallow sea over 380 million years ago.
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Pam examines the moss
Towards the bottom of the 223 Cliff Stair steps moss takes over the Devonian shale of the cliff wall surface. Here, the cliff shelters the wall from sunlight 365 days a year.
Cliff Stair Wall, autumn Moss
Robert H. Treman New York State Park.
Click for a slideshow of this sequence Lucifer Falls and Cliff Stair Views
Brink of Lucifer Falls Lucifer Falls Overlook from the Gorge Trail Lucifer Falls from Rim Trail Overlook Pam on the Cliff Staircase Unidentified Tree Autumn foot Bridge Woman on Footbridge, Contemplation Over the bridge
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Cliff Stairs III
“Red-shanks”
This geranium species (scientific name Geranium robertianum) are also called “Herb-Robert” for a reputed ability to ward off disease.
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Cliff Stair Wall, autumn Geranium and mosses
Scottish Highlands residents call these wild geraniums “red-shanks” for the deep red color of the stalks, seen in both photographs.
Robert H. Treman New York State Park.
Source, “How to Know the Wildflowers” by Mrs. William Star Dana, 1989, Houghton Mifflin, Boston.
Click for a slideshow of this sequence Cliff Stair Views
Lucifer Falls from Rim Trail Overlook Lucifer Falls from Rim Trail Overlook Unidentified Tree Pam on the Cliff Staircase Cliff Stair Wall, autumn with fern generations Cliff Stair Wall, autumn Geranium and mosses 
Wild geranium leaves tinged with autumn color above a gathering of spent oak and elm leaves. Robert H. Treman New York State Park of the Finger Lakes Region.
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Cliff Stairs II
read the sign
Each autumn, species of fern turns yellow towards a winter death. Here we see growing from Devonian shale, both the yellowed and desiccated fern fronds. Robert H. Treman New York State Park.
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Cliff Stair Wall, autumn with fern generations
Click for a slideshow of this sequence Cliff Stair views
Lucifer Falls from Rim Trail Overlook Pam on the Cliff Staircase Cliff Stair Wall, autumn with hemlock
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Cliff Stairs I
Pam pauses for a photograph
On a day in late October 2017 Pam and Mike did a photography walk. Here is Pam pausing to pose during a descent into the gorge on the cliff staircase after visiting the overlook high above Lucifer Falls, Robert H. Treman New York State Park in the Finger Lakes Region.
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Pam on the Cliff Staircase
Grasses, hemlock saplings, goldenrod, spent leaves and ferns on the wall of the 223 Cliff Stair steps.
Cliff Stair Wall, autumn with hemlock
Click for a slideshow of this sequence of Lucifer Falls view from the overlook.
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Unidentified Tree
silhouette
This branch of spent, lancate leaves with hanging seeds grows wild on the slopes above Treman Gorge in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State.
Assistance with identification of this tree is requested. Please leave your suggestions as comments to this post. Thank You, everyone.
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Unidentified Tree
Click for a slideshow of this sequence of Lucifer Falls view from the overlook.
Lucifer Falls from Rim Trail Overlook Lucifer Falls from Rim Trail Overlook Autumn foot Bridge Over the bridge Woman on Footbridge, Contemplation
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Contemplation II
Climb down the cliff stair, 223 of them, to this quiet place.
A sole individual views Lucifer Falls from the Gorge Trail footbridge.
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Woman on Footbridge, Contemplation
Click for a slideshow of this sequence of Lucifer Falls view from the overlook.
Lucifer Falls from Rim Trail Overlook Lucifer Falls from Rim Trail Overlook
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Contemplation I
Climb down the cliff stair, 223 of them, to this quiet place.
A place for quiet contemplation within the Treman Gorge, only accessible via a 15 minute hike. Robert H. Treman New York State Park on a late October afternoon.
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Autumn foot Bridge
Click for a slideshow of this sequence of Lucifer Falls view from the overlook.
Lucifer Falls from Rim Trail Overlook Lucifer Falls from Rim Trail Overlook
