Claude F.
Yelp
Simply the Greatest Place in the World!
Why: because it is Maginficnetly Beautiful and no one knows about it! Also I believe the bubbling pure Berkshires spring water has healing qualities for muscle injuries (no joke).
The secluded falls are nestled in the rural untamed southern portion of the beautiful Berkshire Hills, right on the border between scenic Southfield, Massachusetts and stately Norfolk, Connecticut (two quintessential New England small towns). It is easily accessible with quarter mile walk down a splendid woodland trail which is filled with every form of bird and beast (but only the friendly kinds).
In Fall: The autumn air is crisp, clear and cool and the Berkshire forest is afire with colors that awe the senses. But all of this pales before the sheer beauty of the cascading water, rushing down the ancient rocks to the serene pool below. The water actually leaps over the rocks, flying through the fall air, where it glimmers; each drop like a diamond in an always moving tapestry of vibrancy and color. Supernatural Mists arise from the pool below thrilling the senses and entrancing the imagination.
In Winter: half freezes over creating an ice sculpture that nearly blinds the eye with ginormous, brilliant tendrils frozen in place, suspended in mid air, like a scene from Narnia before the thaw.
In the Spring: The forest flowers bloom and fall into the water, creating an enchanted bath of brilliant petals and smells that are so sweet you can never smell even the most expensive perfume again with out feeling sadly disappointed.
But Summer is the thing!!!
Heaven is swimming here on a Hot August night of a full moon. The pale moon light hits the splishing, splashing water like a like a scene from a magical dream. When your toes touch the water a jolt of energy curses through your body like a miraculous healing current sent straight from above to repair your body and soul. The water is so clean and pure that it washes away all the misery of the day. Along with every ounce of stress and worry that you once had. Fully submerged in the cool, intoxicating, bubbling water you are transported to another place: a better place. And you don't want to ever leave.
And better still: you can legally camp right by the falls and be lulled into a deep rejuvenating sleep by the sweet song of the swooshing water and the pleasant murmurs of all the forest creatures, both great and small.
Come here before you die! Or maybe you will come here after you die (unless you are going to the hot place...you know who you are)
