Life in the Bristolwood

The following are more photos from the area I showed last night.  I mentioned we were surrounded by walls of shale and the next two photos are pretty good depictions!

The next photo is of the waterfall we walked to….it was really beautiful, but the kids were tired from the (somewhat) strenuous walk!

Silly me….while the kids rested near the waterfall, I tried out my mountain goat capabilities and climbed upward, thinking perhaps I might get to the top! I did cheat some, using tree roots and trees as “grab bars” to help boost me upward! The problem, however, is clearly evident in the next picture….

 Yeah….I would have to cross over about 5 or 6 feet of loose shale. There were trees below to catch hold of, but I really didn’t think it would be too cool for me to be sliding down this grade if the shale let loose on me! As it was, when my foot wandered on a slippery rock during our excursion, the kids thought I might fall….hahaha  I never even came close!

After a rest, we discovered another ravine next to the first. This one, however, was filled with boulders and tangled messes of trees that had washed along it. As we climbed upward, one of the kids wondered aloud something to the effect that, what if there was a dam  above us that was stopped up and it suddenly opened as we climbed! Needless to say, I wasn’t laughing!

We all stopped and looked, in awe, at this unique waterfall……

It was more of a “veil” than a waterfall!

This was the point where we turned back and went to grab some food. But, our adventure wasn’t over….oh no! Not yet……