Ozone Falls when the temp is below 20

I am not a person that likes to go outside when it is cold. So it is real amazing that I talked Jimmy into going to Ozone Falls when the temp in the valley was hanging at 20.
Up on the mountain, who knows?

East Tennessee had a lot of rain the week before and I had seen Betsy and George had been there to check it out. I just had to see it. The one time I had been there the falls did not have very much water to see. I was disappointed. Not this time. The top photo is me hanging real close to the edge trying to get a look/see. With Jimmy having his normal hissy fit that he has when I get close to any edge. On this day it was understandable, ICE everywhere. See the ice around the waterfall, it was like that everywhere. The water was still moving, and that was what I had come to see.

Well, the look/see from the top was not good enough for me.
So down we went, knowing we had to climb back out of there, and George had already warned us it was steep. And I had even commented on his blog that I would not be going down. When you get there it is different story. Got to see that water. But George even went down below the plunge pool and found a 2nd little waterfall.

Notice the white behind the falls. Not sure if that is just ice or if ice then snow on top of it. Not really a way to get over there to see, unless of course a person swam over there. Not me even in warm weather.

Talk about a hissy fit.

It was worth it and I am glad I talked Jimmy into it. Think he was too.

Quarry Falls in North Carolina

Quarry Falls is between Franklin and Highland, North Carolina. These photos were both taken on July 4th. The 2nd was taken late in the evening, after all the swimmers were gone. The book "North Carolina Waterfalls" does warn of the volumne of people swimming, but I would never had guessed, should have since it was July4th. They also jump off the side, into the pool of water at the base of the falls. As you can see in the top photo, there are some people who go straight down the falls. Notice the legs sticking up out of the falls. NOT ME!!!!

Cullasaja Falls in North Carolina

Cullasaja Falls is located between Highland and Franklin, North Carolina. These photos were taken from the roadside. There is very little parking and you have to be very careful of the cars, and the pedestrians trying to get to the waterfalls by parking further up the road and trying to get back to the view of falls. The top photo was taken as I was walking back down to the main viewing point. These were taken July 4th, so the water level was low. Awesome falls when water is really flowing.

Bridal Veil Falls in North Carolina

These photos were taken at Bridal Veil Falls located between Highland and Franklin, North Carolina on July 4, 2008. This waterfall is on the side of the road, with great parking, you cannot miss it. I was playing with the shudder speed, but hand holding the camera. I still liked the difference. Please don't be too critical.

Silver Run Falls trail

I am not sure if this is going to show up good on your computers or not. Follow the front log to the far left. It looks like a snake head, can even see an indention like a mouth. There is a knot that looks like an eye, and then somebody has cut groves across the top the whole length of the log. You can see the eye a little better in the bottom photo. This log appears to have been the path people used to take to the falls, now there is a bridge a few feet from this.

Silver Run Falls in North Carolina

Tough to get the complete waterfall because of people at the bottom.
Silver Run Falls is just a short trail off highway 107, south of Cashiers, North Carolina. Photos were taken on our trip to North Carolina July 4th.