If you had a kayak and you saw this what would you do?
Get out and carry it around?
Nope!
not these guys!
Yup, he’s fine.
Fish Puttanesca
6 hours ago
The PhotoADay prompt got me out for a walk. I found some water and am surprised I didn’t walk back with soaking wet shoes.
Please excuse green Sigma lens flare. It’s really starting to bug me. I think Canon’s redish orange would go better with my afternoon light. But never mind that, it was a good day to get out Sigma neon green or not.
Coker Creek falls is just over the line In Polk county Tennessee.
There’s a sign with an arrow scratched on it indicating the turn onto forest rd 2138
The road dead ends at a little parking lot.
The trail follows the river.
The trail was nice, it looked like some fabulous volunteers had recently done some work on the trails.
There are a number of falls along the trail.
The next falls was very nice.
The afternoon light was perfect.
There was another falls, I set up the tripod and camera.
I saw that rock out there all dry and was sure the light and the angle was better out there…
Next thing I know I’m shin deep in cold water and I’m sitting on a cold rock with a trickle of water flowing over it.
Nevermind me, yeah, I’m fine, no I don’t think I hit my knee or anything else for that matter –How’s my camera?
After looking it over, the camera’s fine and my beater lens is fine. I just seem to have wrecked a UV filter and ripped a ligament on one of the legs of the tripod. It’ll probably need a brace from now on.
Considering all the possibilities I’m pretty happy to have only lost a UV filter.
All the way back I was reminded that Gore-tex shoes hold water real well.
Squish walk,
squish walk.
That’s all for now, I gotta find some dry clothes.
Long Creek falls is a 1 mile hike in Fannin County Georgia. It’s slightly uphill all the way to the falls and downhill all the way back.
Long Creek falls is off Forest Service road 58
There’s a few parking spots on the edge of the road. There’s even a note on the Benton MacKaye/ AT (AT is hiker lingo for Appalachian Trail) sign assuring you that the falls is that way.
Optional: while waiting for your friends to arrive: Have a snowball fight with a snowman.
No! Don’t hit my camera.
The heavy snow weighed the trees down so the trail seemed narrower than it really was.
Since part of the trail is on the AT we met guy from Michigan on his mission to hike the whole AT.
There’s a sign marking the turn off to the falls. And you might see a friendly snowman too if you’re lucky.
There are a few off trail additional little waterfalls.
Tiffany was hard core and went all the way down the bank for a better photo.
This off trail falls was much easier to get to.
It wasn’t raining and it wasn’t snowing but it felt like both most of the hike with the melting snow falling out of the trees.
Long creek falls.
… he waved goodbye saying,
"Don't you cry,
I'll be back again some day.”
Falls Branch falls is about 1.5 mile hike.
There’s a parking area with a sign for Rattlesnake Rock West at about mile 22 along the Cherohala Skyway. In the corner of the parking lot you’ll see the trail.
