It was verdant.
If you follow the trail...er, the paved path...past the picnic grounds, you'd see waterfalls in about 10 minutes.
But if you're like us and got tempted by Jacob's Ladder, then you're in for a bit more exercise!
This 175-step stairway won't bring you to heaven (Genesis 28:10-12)...
...but it brought us to some trails that went around the park.
Actually, we got lost. We didn't know where we were going and crossroads like this was anybody's guess.
Somebody was kind enough to rip off the map too. <cough> A**hole! <cough>
Anyway, we wandered around, backtracked a few times...met a ghoul or two. he! he!
...until we found ourselves back in the mainstream. We descended from those stairs at the back of the gazebo.
There were two wells. The Holy Well and...
...and the Wishing Well (which was at the top of another steep flight of stairs). I must admit I was not especially thrilled to see clumps of rocks but I did get to make a wish! Sell the dream not the item! ;-)
I had wished we'd find the waterfalls soon. It worked! :-) That's the Waddell Falls.
And that's the Joe Howe Falls. Many young people were cooling themselves there!
Ok, so they were more like water-trickles...but we were happy enough to find them!
Here's a creek-side view below a bridge.
On our way out, we caught the tail end of this Sunday's concert at the park. So we listened to some fiddle and guitar music. Bring your own lawn chairs!
The tree decorations were life jackets. Publicity for National Drowning Prevention Week (July 20-26, 2014). "Your life jacket won't work if you don't wear it."
Our hike took about 2 hours, giving us a good sweat! If you're going, wear hiking shoes or sneakers and bring water bottles and insect repellent. Or, you can ignore Jacob's Ladder and just go straight to the falls. In that case, flip-flops and a bathing suit would do!
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