Kings Bluff
March 7, 2004
Man it is great to get out again! I've been
so busy with work and building this web site that I haven't
been outdoors in almost three weeks. It's even better to have
Cliff out and about with me too. We've kept him home while it's
been cold outside.
Last spring we came up and did both the
Kings Bluff and Pedestal Rocks hikes, but it was so foggy we
couldn't even see across to the other side of the valley. And
at the Pedestal Rocks area the foliage blocked a lot of views,
so I vowed to return when the leaves were off. I've just
been waiting for a good rain to come back to Kings Bluff so I
could catch the falls in action.
We found a trail going down below the bluff
and wound up seeing three nice smaller falls. To the south of
the big fall there was a stream that went down a shorter part
of the bluff. It cascaded for nine feet then fell another nine.
Just downhill the same stream formed a nice 20-foot fall, and
there was a deep shelter behind it. Downstream from the big
fall there was a pretty 8-foot waterfall just up the hill.
When we were up here last time we must have
taken the wrong trail on the return trip, because I sure don't
remember all the cool rock formations along the trail.
We got back to the truck a lot sooner than
I expected so I drove to Falling Water Falls. We were there in
12 minutes. The falls were going a little stronger than when I
was there in December, but I wasn't inspired to get out the
camera.
On the way home we passed Haw Creek
campground right around sunset so I pulled in to see how the
falls there were running. I think you could call it perfect.
Water was going over the entire north side of the falls. Any
more water would have been too much.
