Leon Turnbull Photography

After photographing Secret Falls I continued upstream along Bull Creek. I knew there was another waterfall here but I was not expecting much. I thought it would be at most 20 ft. high, perhaps less. Much to my surprise, it was an absolute beauty! It was even better than the first one. To my eye it seemed the falls were a bit taller than 30 ft. (and I was right as it was pretty close to 30 ft.). It is 28 ft. high, bigger than I thought it would be. Eight feet may not seem like much but sometimes it makes a huge difference (such as in this case). It is an extremely gorgeous waterfall. Again, another first discovery by waterfallswest.

I took photos from both sides of the creek, taking my good sweet time. It was getting close to noon now. I still had to climb out of this canyon. It was a tough climb.When I got back to the road I ate my lunch, then I still had 5 miles to hike back to the car. Mostly uphill.

I got back to my car at 3PM. I was tired. The hike took longer than anticipated but I was happy. I had all day so I was not in a rush to get home. There was a problem with the car as I drove back. I could not figure out how to fix it. Basically I could not drive more than 45mph. Not good. Driving at this slow speed all the way back home? That is not going to work. When I got to Paradise I tried to find an auto repair shop. It was getting late but hopefully I could find something. The first two places I tried were no longer in business because they had burned down in the Camp Fire. I saw a lot of places like this burned (businesses and houses) as I drove through the town. Some places were rebuilding but a lot of empty burned out places remained. It was quite sad. So were there any auto repair shops left in the town? The third place I went was not burned but it was closed. Finally, I found a fourth place that was open. He fixed my car in a couple minutes and I was on my way home. Yay.

I stopped at Jakes in Oroville for dinner. They have the absolute best burgers anywhere. I had not been there in a couple years so I really missed them. Bull-licious! It was a fantastic day in Lassen National Forest.