"The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in
its net of wonder forever."—Jacques Cousteau

Aug. 16 - Lick Brook Falls

Allan H. Treman State Marine Park

“Don’t be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don’t have to live forever, you just have to live.” —Natalie Babbitt.
Stan has been doing a little work on our teak this week. He's been repairing a few worn spots, a few coats of Cetol and we'll look like new. Each coat goes on quickly and it leaves us plenty of time to play. Today we decided to hike the Lick Brook Falls Trail. 

A map of our hike. We hiked down the Lick Brook trail and then came back around the loop trail. The loop trail ran along a ridge next to the creek with the slides. It was narrow with large drop offs on each side.
Lick Brook is in the Sweedler Preserve and has been a favorite picnic and hiking spot since the 1800's. This small beautiful gorge is protected by the Finger Lake Land Trust. There are two large falls and many smaller ones along the hike, although they were almost dry today. This isn't the best time of year to see the falls at their best, but the low flow of water gave us a chance to actually hike the gorge itself instead of staying on the main trail. My favorite type of hiking is through the water. It would be a great spot to spend a warm day just relaxing with my feet in the water. 

Walking in the gorge
I love the way the rocks just break away...looking like someone built or wall or cut the rock so straight.
Enjoying the gorge...if the water was higher we would be sitting in the creek.
At this point we had to go back up to the trail...after the second ledge in this picture the cliff drops off about 100'.
Looking down at the first big drop
Part of the trail...sections were very steep and others very narrow.
At the bottom of the second large falls...there was very little water coming over the falls, but it was a beautiful spot to relax and enjoy the sight.
Crossing a creek on the loop trail on our way back to the car.
We found this bench and stool along the Spur Trail that leads back to Buttermilk Falls State Park. It overlooks another portion of Lick Brook.

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