THREADS
And this is exactly what God is going to do this winter all over California: weave this little thread together into a gigantic strand of waterfalls.
And I will be back to see it.
This was mainly a scouting hike today as I knew the creek would not be flowing much, in fact I wondered if it would be completely dry, but it turned into quite a fun little hike, even though I totally miscalculated the sun.
It was not exactly fun when I started the hike, and I was feeling quite unmotivated. Perhaps the warm weather had something to do with it, but I think it was mostly that I knew the creek would be just a trickle. The trail was easy going to start with, and thus boring, but after a couple miles or so I came to a very rocky section. At this point things started to become slightly interesting since it was a challenge to keep on the trail. But it was when I left the trail to go cross country, that’s when the fun started. Now what does that say about me, I wonder? It was a fairly easy jaunt through the forest down to the creek at the top of the falls, but there was no possible way to get down to the bottom on that side of the creek. The rocks were slick and treacherous, reminding me very much like at Horsetail Falls. So what to do? … I had to rock hop across, and then scramble around the cliffs to find a way down to the bottom. No problem.
Charity Valley Creek Falls is a cool vertical shot of 30 feet. Just a thread. The bottom of it was kind of in the shade, but my calculation said it would be completely in the shade by about 4 PM. Not so. The sun was still high in the sky and it would be one or two hours that I would have to wait. No thank you. Well I got a decent shot anyway. It was pretty cool being down here in the wilderness, with no other soul around within a 3 mile radius at least. This is what I love. And I will certainly be back here when this is a magnificent strand of waterfall. Next year.
For more info on this waterfall:
http://waterfallswest.com/waterfall.php?id=charity-valley-creek-falls-705
October 8th, 2015 at 10:31 am
Missed you on flickr…Beautiful little falls shot ..I did a painting of the old cabin in Charity Valley many years ago but didn’t realize there was a waterfall in the vicinity….I’ll have ..It sounds like a great hike come Spring .
October 18th, 2015 at 4:53 pm
Thanks a lot Philip. Flickr is not doing much for me anymore, but you can always follow me on Facebook (waterfallswest), or on this Blog.