I am on one side looking at the big bowl surrounding this waterfall. You can see the waterfall on the left side... The trail leads behind the falls. I was taking George's picture--and all of those other people (whom we did not know) posed also!!!!! ha ha ... George is on the right.
George took this one of me hiking up the trail toward where he was --behind the falls. The steps going down on the right lead down to the bottom of the falls. In Summer --people love to swim in the pool at the bottom of the falls. This time, there was almost no water down there.
This bowl (overhang) is amazing. Can you see the water? George is standing almost under where the waterfall is. IF there was alot of water, he would definitely be WET standing where he was!!!! (Those people across the way are still posing for my picture!!!!! Tee Hee!!!)
As we followed the trail around behind the falls, there were lots of rocks to climb up --when headed up the hill on the other side. This bowl in the gorge is truly an awesome place to visit.
Here's one final picture of Yahoo Falls---taken by George from the far side. You can see the brink of the falls here. When we hiked out---we crossed back over the creek at the brink. We did not go back up all of those steps!!!!! ha ha
When we go back to Yahoo Falls, hopefully there will be much more water coming over the falls. We'll show you the difference then!!!!!! BUT--as I have said, this is a fabulous hike (only about 1.5 miles total) into the gorge, and we really do recommend it --any time of year, even if there's not much water at the falls.
I have mentioned that George and I have visited about 430 different waterfalls since 2001. There are some huge ones like Niagara or even Cumberland Falls. AND--there are the small ones like Yahoo --where the setting is phenomenal. Do we have favorites??? Probably not--since all are unique and gorgeous--each in its own way!
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On another note, my wonderful friend RUTH lost her husband yesterday. Jake lost his battle with cancer. Ruth and Jake have been great friends of George and me --and we are grieving so much at his loss. May God bless Ruth and the family during this time of sorrow. IF you have time, stop by Ruth's blog (click on her name above) and send some of your love to her. Thank You.