Betsy and I celebrated our anniversary in 2009 by visiting waterfalls in north Georgia. Tallulah Gorge State Park was certainly the high point of our visit, but we also saw other waterfalls.
All of these waterfalls are in or near Rabun Beach Recreation Area, near Tallulah Falls, Georgia. Getting to Panther and Angel Falls involved a moderate hike through the woods. Visiting Minnehahha Falls involved a shorter, but steeper hike.
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Amicalola Falls, Amicalola Falls State Park, Georgia. March 9, 2011.
Betsy arranged a surprise birthday trip to northern Georgia for us. We went to Amicalola Falls State Park and stayed at the lodge on top of the mountain. Amicalola Falls is the highest waterfall in Georgia at 729 feet. The waterfall consists of a long drop followed by a series of cascades.
We arrived at the park late Tuesday afternoon after visiting some other waterfalls on the way. It started raining Tuesday evening and rained throughout the night. It was still raining Wednesday morning (my birthday).
There were some advantages to all that rain. One was that there was a lot of water going over the falls when we visited it Wednesday morning. The other advantage was that we had this glorious waterfall all to ourselves.
We drove down the mountain to the pool at the base of the falls, and then started hiking up a trail along the cascades to an observation deck near the base of the drop. The picture above was taken from the observation deck, and you can see the amount of water coming down the mountain.
When we got to the observation deck I noticed a bridge across the falls higher up the mountain (you can see it in the picture above). I wondered if I could get better pictures from the bridge.
A sign gave a good reason for not going up there, but I thought I would give it a try. What better way to celebrate my birthday?
Well, I made it to the bridge. Betsy, who has more sense than I do, stayed at the observation deck and got this picture of me (you have to look closely — I’m waving to her) up there.
I made it back down to the observation deck. You have to look closely, but I was even smiling as I got back to Betsy.
All in all I had a great birthday!
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.
