The park was pretty busy, luckily when you ride a scooter you can always find parking!
Once I got to the state park I went into the visitor’s center where they had some turtles and snakes on display.
The visitor’s center also had taxidermy bears and raccoons , which made me depressed so I moved on to the trail that lead to the top of the falls!
I saw this and have to assume it is a Civil War era potato gun…no wonder the South lost the war.
It was a bit of a hike but it was worth it.
Once I got to the top of the falls the crowd appeared, you can also drive to the top, but I am a bad-ass and hiked it. There were a lot of Asians there….I thought to myself “I like waterfalls and I like Asian women, sometimes life isn’t all that bad”.
The falls itself was nice, this one was much better than the last one I saw but still does not measure up to Multnomah falls in Oregon, which is what I hold all waterfalls in comparison to.
The way back down was a staircase with lots of people that probably bit off more than they could chew in the cardiovascular department.
Once I made my way back to the visitors center I saw some tool parked his crappy cruiser next to my scoot!
I was going to eat at the lodge, but it looked a little to classy for my tastes…
But I checked out the inside anyways…This guy seemed sad and his wife was trying to console him.
On the other hand this kid was happy as hell!
I decided to head back home and took Burnt Mountain Rd. into Jasper. Here is a crappy video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO2LEgqBPWc&feature=plcp
Here I am looking all bad-ass……It think I have a sort of mish-mash look of: Knight Rider, Mad Max and Mr. Bean going on.
I picked up some beer before heading home….told you it was going to be a lame ride report.
It's been, ahem, a few years since I was there, (read: 30+ years) but the falls look exactly as I remember. Thanks for bringing back some old memories! I really enjoyed your ride report.
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