We kept climbing higher, getting closer to the falls.
But did you see it? In the bottom right hand corner…
I didn’t when I was filming, but then I took a picture.
Yeah.
While I usually pick up litter we find along the way while hiking? This I left alone.
I don’t even want to know….
Up a thoughtfully constructed rock staircase.
Deeper into the woods.
I kept thinking, geesh. Are we ever going to reach the top?
One required sun drenched selfie later…
Past the well marked trail tree…
We finally saw the top.
The view was going to be killer… I knew it.
Anxiously preparing for the money shot, I found this –
Huh…?
You mean I hauled my (considerable) butt up this hill/ gorge/ mini mountain for bupkus?
WTF!
They even had the flags running across the falls themselves.
Damned right it is! Why would you open a waterfall up to the public, create a trail, install a bench, mark that trail very carefully so people could find the top….and then not let them access the top? It’s criminal, I tell you.
Criminal.
And it made me wonder if the discarded unmentionables I saw down below were in way of protest.
I felt the same outrage! But not quite enough outrage to leave my own behind. There are limits… even for me.
Making our way back down to the parking lot I was so ticked off I didn’t take any pictures, until I saw this…
And thought…
River's world..... 
That’s so unfair!
Someone should take this opportunity to place a sign at the start, so any other unknowing individuals will not make the climb and return with the same disappointment. 😦
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Agreed.
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That’s a crock.
They cheated and swindled you.
That’s what they did! How could they do a thing like this? Build up your hopes and dreams and then smash all of them to pieces! That’s inhuman!
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I know! It was soul crushing…
😉
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That is so frustrating! Great photos on the way up,, but that’s just crazy.
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It is, right? Come hike the falls… but not to the top. WTH?
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I know it is dead wood but can’t hubby get in trouble for hacking the tree??
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Probably. So you’d better not tell!
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You know, when the bear went over the mountain, the other side of the mountain was all that he could see… and a pair of boxer-briefs for some reason…
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Some things simply cannot be unseen…
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Although I felt your pain at the injustice, I snorted my coffee at the end 🙂 At least it gave you something to write about.
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True. Though at that point I would gladly have given up the blog fodder…
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But think of all the beautiful rocks and trees and partial waterfall you got to see!
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True. But after you invest in the climb? Still disappointing!
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I would have crossed anyway. Of course, I did that before and ended up in a war zone.
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I’d ask for a refund! Mona
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You were gypped! Gah!
Man, those stone walkways and those rays shining from your face — good stuff til the end. Womp womp.
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A disappointing ending for sure… but still a nice sun drenched hike.
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