Burma
After my trek to Ranch Falls, I really wanted to try to get to one more in the area. Unfortunately, the sun was not co-operating. Although it was supposed to be cloudy with showers all day, the sun had come out. There were still clouds in the area, and they were moving in and out from in front of the sun, so I decided I may as well do the hike anyway and hope for the best. It was a 6 mile round trip to this other waterfall, so I decided to bike it instead of hike it.
I packed my camera and tripod onto the back of my bike and started out around Lake Oroville (Thermalito Pool). It was a very easy bike ride along a mostly flat (and quite muddy) dirt road. The biggest obstacles were the cows. They come right down onto the road and it is treacherous getting past them. I am kidding about the treacherous part. But I did have to pass by within a few feet of them because there was no where they could go to get out of the way. Cows make me nervous. My wife laughs at me about this, but when you are surrounded by big beasts and then they all start coming towards you, I wonder what evil they are plotting. I am kidding again. They are obviously very used to seeing bikers and hikers along here, and they are just very curious.
Anyway, I finally arrived at the creek inlet to the lake after 30 minutes of getting through the bovine obstacle course. The waterfall is a bit upstream, so I had to stash my bike and walk up the rest of the way. It is not a big waterfall, just 22 ft. high, but it is nice little one, and very easy (in other words, no deadly dropoffs for once). It is called Burma Falls (or Bermuda Falls). But as I said, the sun was not co-operating. I got my camera ready, setup in the middle of the stream, and waited. And I waited. Fortunately, the stream was not too cold to stand in. I was waiting for the clouds to cover up the sun, so I could get a decent shot. They did not ever do that completely, but this one shot turned out all right. Interestingly enough, on my bike ride back to the car, most of the cows had all moved off the road. There were just two left on the obstacle course.
More info on Burma Falls:
http://waterfallswest.com/waterfall.php?id=960