Ethan has been dying to see a waterfall since we got here (or as he says, a “waterfell”). Braden and I have seen many in the previous years we have been to visit Cashiers. Some you have to hike a ways to see, others you can even see right off the road. So we looked up where we could see some that you don’t have to hike much to and that weren’t very far away (since we only have about 2 hour windows to work with). Anyway, we decided on Bridal Veil Falls and Dry Falls. They are about 30 minutes away and are both right near each other. Bridal Veil falls isn’t much to see, but the cool thing about that one is that you can drive right under it. The cooler one is Dry Falls, where “Last of the Mohicans” filmed the scene where they were behind the waterfall. You only hike about a quarter mile for that one. The kids were quite impressed and we even got someone to take a family pic, where you will notice EVERYONE is looking at the camera. Crazy!
A stop for ice cream in the very quaint town of Highlands, NC and we were back in time for naptime.
Our late afternoon activity today was a trip to Sliding Rock just outside of Cashiers. It’s a little waterfall that goes over some slick rocks and into a pool below that turns into a wading area. Both kids did the “slide” and I think they liked it, but weren’t big fans of the cold mountain river water. So I think they really preferred the wading area. Ethan LOVED looking for rocks and then throwing them. I swear he could have done that all day. We’re thinking of going back tomorrow so Mommy can have a chance to go down the slides (I was carrying Brynn in the front carrier today). Sure looked like a lot of fun!
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