Tuesday, May 21, was a chilly day. We spent the morning discovering a few of the sights at Blackwater Falls State Park.
There is a “staircase path” wIth 200+ steps leading to several viewing platforms for the 57 foot high Blackwater Falls, so visitors are able to see the falls from different viewpoints while listening to the thundering sound of the cascading water.
Another falls can be seen about a quarter mile down the Elakala Trail which begins beside the Blackwater Lodge. Hidden in a Hemlock forest, this pretty falls is about 35 feet high.
The Lindy Point Trail was an easy walk through the trees and wild rhododendron to a rocky cliff overlooking the Blackwater Canyon where we saw large hawks soaring in the wind currents.
I was alone in a large restroom and just as I put my hand out to open the door to the exit I heard a distant “ding ding”. It was a text on my iphone. I had set it down and neglected to pick it back up. Thank you, Jesus, for the timing of that text. Without it, by the time I discovered I didn’t have my phone, I would have had no idea where I had lost it. ❤️
In the afternoon we drove about a hundred miles to Front Royal, Virginia and started down Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park.
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