We have been traveling so much lately that we were excited to have a weekend home to get things done around the house. Sunday we went to early church so we were home by 10:00. We had worked hard all day Friday and Saturday so we decided to do something fun. . .and that was when we remembered the Blue Ridge Parkway is only 30 minutes from our house. How do you forget that??? I mean, even when we were desperately grasping to find positive things about Lynchburg that was always at the top of our list. Anyhoo - we remembered and all piled in the car! We had heard about Apple Orchard Falls from many of our friends, but had never actually hiked down to it so we decided to give it a try. Basically, you hike down for 1 1/2 miles through a beautiful forest with lots of little feeder creeks until they all converge into a big one that eventually goes over some rocks to make a 150 ft waterfall. Fantastic.
This was a smaller waterfall that you come to first. We might have wondered if this was the big one. Like, sat down, ate our snacks, took pictures thought it was the big one. Oops. Nevertheless, we were able to snag a fab picture of the pup. . .this doesn't happen often folks.
And, it was baby's first trip to a waterfall. Here is Susan Ada at 14 weeks. . .just starting to really show :)
So we kept hiking and did, in fact, find Apple Orchard Falls.
Totally worth the hike. . .and the climb out of that hole. Yay for fun Sunday afternoons!
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