I am a Japanese female who came to the U.S. for the research opportunity as a scientist.
In my free time, I go hiking, backpacking, XC skiing. I love to be in the deep wilderness. I write my adventures from all over the world and Introduce the beauty of nature, from a viewpoint of Japanese.
日本出身の女性研究者かつハイカー。
休日はハイキング、バックパッキング、クロスカントリスキーなどで多忙。
日本人の視点から見た世界中の自然の美しさを、読者が旅をしているような感覚で読んで頂ければと思い、このブログを作成。
2019-07-23
Cataract Falls
<Japanese version is after English 日本語は英語の後にあります>
Cataract falls is one of the most popular hikes in Marin country in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Marin county is in the East Bay, just north of San Francisco, and it has a lot of great hikes. One of most impressive falls in the Marin county is Cataract falls.
Cataract falls
The great point about this Cataract Falls trail is that there are many continuous falls along the falls. There is dense forest covered by moss, because it is wet area. The forest plus falls makes the scenery quite unique and beautiful. This wet beauty is rare in California, especially in the drought years. Since I had arrived in California, drought got worse and worse. Then Cataract falls became smaller and smaller. However, even those drought years, the beauty was there. This is one of few places where you can see many falls in such a short distance in California.
Now living in New England, I found similar New England-ish features in the pictures of Cataract falls. Mossy trees, and rocky trails. Falls here and there near the rocks. Such stuff is found everywhere in New Hampshire. It was actually a surprising finding, to be honest. I don't know why only this portion has similar characteristic views in Marin County.
Actually, this moist views with streams, moss, and rocks are often seen in Japan as well.
It makes sense this kind of scenery comes from climate with rainy season, humid summer, fall, then winter. However it is quite rare in California. AND, that is why Cataract Falls is so popular for Bay Area hikers.
If you have never been to, it is highly recommended: it is beautiful.
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