Helton Creek Falls

A couple weeks ago on a somewhat overcast Saturday afternoon ...

we visited Helton Creek Falls.

Helton Creek is a fifteen minute drive from my house and has two waterfalls, some nice-sized rocks to climb, and several hiking trails.  We used to swim here when I was a kid.  The water was always freezing, but if you swam out to the base of the falls there was a little cave you could hide inside. 

That is, until the environmentalists came along and built this huge deck thing in order to block access to the water.

Isaac found it quite upsetting.  

(Not really, since he never came here before the arrival of the deck.)

I found it quite upsetting.

So I took a picture of the tree-tops.

And also my shoes.

And then I climbed over the deck thing (despite the warning sign that said I'd destroy the animal's natural habitat and then bears would eat me, in that order) and took pictures of the water.

And then the sky threatened rain so we went home.

The End.