Wednesday Walk: Down by the river

Hello dear Steemians and photography enthusiast,

This time, I want to share with you my wednesday walk that I did with my girlfriend to a beautiful waterfall named Cascada de Calomarde. We took a resting day from all the bouldering we were doing lately here in Albarracín. The main goal was to recover some skin and give the sore muscles some rest. But still we wanted some activity so we decided to go for a little hike to a nearby waterfall. The path is only 4km in one direction and runs alongside the river Rio de la fuente del Barro.

We started at one of these bautiful picnic places you can find everywhere here in spain. It was located directly at the small river and had artifical moats all over the place. Close to a wooden bridge the river flows over a stone step making a loud rushing noise.

^{The wooden bridge leads us over the river and onto the picnic place.}

As usual the picnic place is perfectly equipped for a day out with freinds or family.
There is a house with spots for a nice barbecue and a lot of tables and benches.

^{The barbecue house even has an awesome garffiti. Although I wouldn't call it street art here in the middle of nature :)}

^{One of the seating areas is really long!}

We leave the picinic area and walk in the valley of the river for some time. On my way I take some detail shots of flowers and whatnot.

^{Just one of the many many beatuiful flowers alongside the way.}

After a while the path gets closer to the river and the trees disappear. We stop at a point where the water of the river has washed out a big basin to dip our toes into the water.

^{My girlfriend enjoying the cold water on her feet.}

After that, we walk alongside a field of fruit trees which we cannot identify. On one flower I spot a beautiful butterfly. Lucky me, he isn't shy at all and I'm able to take a decent shot.

^{The markings on the wings are very fascinating.}

A lot of small white daisys are growing on the way and lead us into a part of the valley with more trees again. The grass seems a lot more green and vital and we enjoy the shadow of the trees and the fresh smell of the river and its nearby plants.

^{Pacing slowly through the grass.}

^{A blossom of a pine is perfectly illuminated, while the surroundings are overcasted by shadow.}

After a short time we enter full sunlight again and walk over rather dry ground. Here another butterfly wants to show off again and spreads its wings infront of my lens. I never thought that I would be able to photograph so many butterflys as I did here in spain. :)

^{Another little beauty willing to stand in the spotlight.}

We follow the path, sometimes along side of the valley, sometimes close to the river and our enviroment is constantly changing.

^{We can make a first glance onto some huge rock formations while walking alongside the river...}

^{...but the full dimension of these formations are unfolded when we are standing on the other side of the valley.}

Shortly before we reach the waterfall, we make two more intersting discoverys.
One is a very strange bug that my girlfriend spots. It has flat blue wings with red dots on it and the dots are lined with black. I have never in my life heard of or seen such an insect. Of course I tried to photograph it.

^{Beautiful but strange...}

The other discovery was an abandoned house. It seemed like parts of the roof collapesd while people were still living in it. There were still all sorts of houshold articles around, like plates and salt. Actually there are a lot of old ruins here in spain, but I never saw one that still had furniture in it.

^{The sun shines through the collapsed roof and the front-door.}

Shortly after the ruin, we arrived at the waterfall Cascada de Calomarde. I have to admit it took us a bit by suprise. The waterfall was big and beautiful and we were stunned. From above, we watched the water falling down for a while and listened to the raoring sound.

^{The view from above already drew all of our attention...}

^{Here another angle of view.}

Then we walked down the small path and over a bridge untill we were standing in the refreshing spray of small droplets. After the walk under the hot sun it was an amazing feeling. It took us quite a while to cut loose. On the way back I stored the camera in my backpack and didn't shoot any photos. I already had so many (much more than in this post) that sorting and editing would take a long time.

Hope you enjoyed my entry for the wednesday walk,
if you did please let me know in the comments :)

Have a good week and see you next wednesday!
Constantin

PS: Have you noticed the armchair in one of the pictures? :D