Crookes Falls

A friend in town posted a picture of Crookes Falls this morning on social media. He said he had hiked  there. 

This Falls is only about a mile from our house. It is privately owned now and a small dam has been built to harness the energy. Gee if he hiked there maybe we could  too, and get close enough to at least take a picture.. So Tom and I set out. Our intention was to simply hike there and retrace out steps.

We under estimated the number of hills between here and there.

there also wasn't a clear path, and when there was it seemed to be covered in chunks of coal. .

Keeping up with Tom wasn't easy,

but we finally did arrive. Look closely and you can see the falls. We didn't go closer as there were no trespassing signs.

We did pose for a selfie with the falls between us.

We decided that instead of retracing our steps (due to the number of hills), we would cross the river and go back into town along the highway. This way was longer, but flatter.

There was a cool looking old cabin down on the river.

We finally did make it back into town. ...but we were parched and thirsty. Wasn't like us to head off hiking without water and we didnt even take any money along to purchase some. Luckily we ran into a friend who loaned us enough cash for bottles of water. I so wanted to ask her to drive us home...but didn't. We did make it back home but frankly.... I am exhausted!