Today, we knew exactly where we wanted to go and what we wanted to do and guess what, there was no parking anywhere close to where we wanted to be. We were on Roaring Fork Road, though, so we just decided to drive until we could find somewhere to park and just hike that. We found a spot at Grapeyard Ridge Trail. It's a 14 mile trail so we agreed to hike out for one hour and then turn back.
It started with this, Bales cemetery. There were graves from the early 1900s. The trail was not consistently steep although there were spots. Before we reached the hour mark we came to the sign you see below. Remember, I don't like to hike just to hike, I want to see a fall or a view so I was very disappointed until we reached this point. BASKINS FALLS?!?! Does it really say FALLS? God really spoils us. Not only did we get to enjoy these falls, we hiked alone the whole way there and back. We were the only people at the falls for a bit then 3 other people came. But compared to the day before when we shared the falls with about 100 other people it was such a treat. A gentle reminder that God's plans are so much better than ours. Such a timely lesson for all of us.
Lillian built this really cool tower of rocks and then we learned that it is prohibited since it messes with the salamanders and their eggs. We did not do it again!!!
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