Jordan turned me on to this next 30' falls. The top section is about a 10' drop, the water then fans out over a colorful rock face. Below this, the creek cascades over boulders and fallen timber. The sides of the creek are thick with rhododendron and laurel making the falls difficult to get to and difficult to photograph. I used a wide angle on both shots.
From here we headed to a section of a nearby stream we hadn't explored. Less than a half mile in we spotted another falls! These next 4 shots lead up to it. In the first, the fog had just begun to roll in, but quickly dissipated. The 1st image has been one of my best selling prints :)
This falls is about 20' high and really nice with all the moss on the rock. The water was really bright making for a difficult photo. From here we had to backtrack and go up and around to continue up stream. I spotted a big paper wasp nest that hung about face high that we had passed within 10' of on the way up and somehow missed. We continued up to a falls I had previously been to - Gemini Falls (shown on a previous page) - and snapped off a few more pictures just before it started to pour. Bushwhacking in the rain isn't real fun - slippery footing is just one more thing to worry about. We were going along nicely and thank goodness I was paying attention to where I was about to step - right next to this fat 4' rattler just sitting out in the rain. This is one of the reasons Harry want me to lead - this and the spider webs.
