When Betsy and I went to Niagara Falls back in 2002, we stayed on the Canadian side of the river. But we did spend one day on the American side. On that day we were able to get a closer view of the waterfalls on the American side. We went to the base of the American and Bridal Veil Falls and got another perspective of the Canadian Falls from Goat Island.
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Betsy and I got to Niagara Falls several months late. Although we were married in June, 2001, we didn’t get to Niagara Falls until August, 2002.
Since we ‘collect’ waterfalls, it was almost certain that we would eventually get to Niagara Falls. We drove up to Canada and stayed on the Canadian side of the border while we took in the sights along the Niagara River. I had been to Niagara Falls twice before, but this trip was the first for Betsy.
I don’t think pictures (or words) can ever adequately describe the majesty and beauty of Niagara Falls. That didn’t stop us from trying.
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Betsy and I rarely travel anywhere without working in a few visits to waterfalls. In August of last year we went to Florida to see Betsy’s brother and to celebrate Betsy’s birthday. Along the way we stopped near Turners Corner, Georgia, to visit four waterfalls that we found in one of our waterfall books.
The first waterfall we saw came as a surprise. We found Trahlyta Falls when we rounded a curve and saw it through an opening in the trees along road. We got a pretty good look at the falls from the side of the road, even though it is actually in a state park. We decided to settle for this view rather than enter the park and hike.
There were two waterfalls along Waters Creek. The first (Lower Falls) was on private property and we couldn’t see it very well. Getting to the main waterfall involved a drive along a Forest Service road. Those roads are always a challenge, but our faithful Prius handled it without any problems.
The last two waterfalls involved a very pleasant hike through a woods. There wasn’t much water going over either Middle or Lower Desoto Falls, but they were both worth the visit.
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2006 was an interesting year for Betsy and me. My job ended since I didn’t want to move to Memphis and so I retired instead.
Retirement made it possible for us to celebrate our anniversary by taking a trip, which we did for the first time. Our friends Judy and Charlie invited us to their cabin near Franklin, North Carolina. Since Franklin is in the heart of the mountains of western North Carolina and there are many waterfalls to visit, we quickly accepted their invitation.
During our visit to North Carolina we visited waterfalls near Cherokee, North Carolina, at Deep Creek in the Smokies, in the Dupont State Forest in North Carolina. We also stopped by a couple more waterfalls on our way home.
All in all it was a very successful trip.
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North Georgia waterfalls, June 22, 2009.
In June, 2009, Betsy and I went to North Georgia. We wanted to visit Tallulah Gorge State Park for our anniversary. As we usually do, we visited some waterfalls on our way. We stayed in Dillard, Georgia and visited several waterfalls in that area. The falls on Laurel Mountain were near the road, but Holcombe Creek Falls and Ammon Creek Falls involved a hike on a warm June day. But we definitely thought the waterfalls were worth the hike.
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I’ve mentioned several times how much Betsy and I like going to Mount Nebo in Arkansas. We always stay in a beautiful rustic cabin on the edge of the mountain where we can enjoy the fantastic views.
But as you might expect, if we keep going back there have to be some waterfalls as well. There is a Waterfall Trail that leads down the mountain not too far from the cabin. I usually hike that trail at least once during our stay and, if we spend the day on the mountain, will often hike it along with one of the other trails.
The Waterfall Trail leads past one pretty falls, Upper Nebo Falls, on its way to the main drop, Mount Nebo Falls. Since both are near the top of the mountain the water flow can be low during much of the year, but they are pretty in the early Spring. The collage above was made from pictures I took of the waterfalls during our visit in March, 2009.
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We’ve been having showers and thunderstorms off and on over the past several days. While that means that the weeds are winning in all of the flower beds, it has given me time to work on some pictures that have never been properly posted.
One folder contained pictures taken at Serenity Falls back in March, 2009. We discovered Serenity Falls in the autumn of 2008 when we were visiting waterfalls around Cosby, Tennessee, on ‘the quiet side of the Smokies’.
At Serenity Falls we found a beautiful waterfall as well as some rental cabins. One of the cabins was right at the base of the waterfall. That, of course, was too big a temptation for Betsy and me, so we just had to book a few nights at Serenity Falls.
These pictures were from our first stay at Serenity Falls. We enjoyed it so much that we went back in March of this year as well. It’s hard to imagine a more relaxing place to stay.
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Fisherman at Sandstone Falls on the New River, West Virginia. April 23, 2010.
When I saw this fisherman last Friday, I immediately thought of my friend the Fishing Guy. FG is quite a fisherman living up in northeastern Ohio, although I’m not sure he has quite this backdrop at his favorite fishing holes.
Betsy and I were at Sandstone Falls on the New River Gorge National River. We had driven up to southern West Virginia to spend a couple of days seeing waterfalls in an area we had visited before.
This picture shows just a very small portion of Sandstone Falls. The falls is not high, but it is spectacular, extending all the way across the very broad river.
I’m sure Betsy or I will be posting more pictures of Sandstone Falls in the future. But I hope FG will someday have the opportunity to fish the New River at Sandstone. I can’t guarantee a great catch, but I can guarantee some fantastic scenery.
Waterfalls visited on our way to the beach. May, 2009.
Since we got some rain on Thursday, I was able to get some work done on my pictures and worked with a folder of pictures taken last year on our way to the beach. When Betsy and I travel we try to arrange our trip so that we can take a break by visiting some waterfalls along the way. This is a great plan as long as we’re traveling through an area where there are waterfalls!.
Fortunately we have to travel through mountains to get from our house to the beach. Last year we made a couple of stops near Westminster, South Carolina. We had to do some bushwhacking to see Fall Creek Falls and Upper Fall Creek Falls. The trail along Brasstown Creek was better defined and led to three waterfalls, although we did have to do some creek hopping to visit a fourth.
There’s something magical about seeing waterfalls one day and the ocean the next. We’ll be doing it again in a few weeks.
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Waterfalls near Dunlap, Tennessee. April 21, 2009.
Betsy and I often go looking for a particular waterfall. In those cases we know the name and location of a waterfall and it is just a matter of driving or hiking (or both). We follow directions in a book, from an online site or the GPS unit to our destination. That’s been the way we’ve found the majority of the waterfalls we’ve visited.
But every once in a while we stumble on a waterfall unexpectedly. This serendipity makes the experience seem even more delightful than it would otherwise be.
Last year on our way back from Texas we planned to stop by Fall Creek Falls State Park here in Tennessee. We would be going there on April 21, the anniversary of our date (and first kiss) at Fall Creek Falls.
We have been to Fall Creek Falls many times, but had never travelled there from the south. We were near Dunlap, Tennessee, heading up the Plateau when, as we were rounding a curve, we saw a waterfall just off the road. It didn’t have a lot of water going over the fall, but it was very tall. Naturally we had to stop and get some pictures. We later learned that this was Possum Falls.
What made this experience even more interesting is that we saw three more waterfalls within the next two miles. We had no idea they were there before we stumbled onto them. If we had been driving any faster, we probably would have missed them all.
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Today I’m grateful for unexpected pleasures of God’s creation.
Senior Moments 