Springs, Falls, and Max

The gathering here in Alley Spring CG was officially over today, but some of us decided to stay another night and not drive on Memorial Day. Although Ron and I opted out, eight of the WINs couldn't resist a final kayak trip. Once again, the dump hat that I talked about in the last post, changed hands (or would that be heads?) Surprising to all of us, Max earned the honor when his kayak flipped and his paddle took off downstream without him. If it wasn't for that telltale paddle, he would never have admitted it.


The women decided to cheer him up - it looks like we were successful.



Yesterday we toured some of the local sights. This is Falling Spring Mill. The spring is actually a waterfall behind the mill that was routed into the waterwheel. The boardwalk was torn off its base and ended in this odd position.



We saw a lot of these during our kayaking, although this one was in the mill pond. We think it's a banded water snake and hopefully non-poisonous.



Then we hiked down to Greer Spring - listed in a brochure as 1/2 mile down and 5 miles back up. It really wasn't that bad, but we all complained about the humidity.



Along the trail, Judy couldn't resist playing Tarzan.



Our final stop was gorgeous Rocky Falls. Unfortunately we were looking into the sun, so the picture isn't the best. It was fun to watch the families playing in the water on a hot Sunday afternoon.



Ron bravely climbed over the rocks to get this picture for me.