Opted to work the afternoon shift (yep, I was asked to work from home by FF again...part time for a few months) so that Bob and I could take a little road trip to the Bull Sluice Falls along the Chattooga River. The brochure indicated it was an easy 15 minute walk. Maybe for mountain goats, but not old coots like us. I don't think there were any falls to see anyway, just rapids. But, it was again a very scenic drive, and temperatures were in the 70's instead of the 90's in Townville.
This road stop area is on the South Carolina side of the river.
Across the bridge is that Georgia state line. The river looks peaceful here, but the Chattooga has a lot of white water rapids. It runs through very wild country. The river was used as a setting for the film Deliverance.
Behind Bob is a stairway that leads to a picnic area and the trail to the "falls". We opted to take the road up.
Thanks to trick photography, it looks as though I'm at the river's edge. I am really inside a pavilion at the trail head where there is a mural on the wall and a spot on the floor marked where you can stand to achieve this picture. You might have realized it wasn't the actual river since the trees in the background have fall colors.
The beginning of the trail looks as though it might be the easy hike the brochure described.
But the pavement soon ends and the trail becomes winding with several switchbacks.
This was probably an animal trail, not one to the rapids. However, it was at a warning sign that we were entering a wild area of the Chattooga River. We thought we could hear "Dueling Banjos" in the distance. At this point, we decided to head back up the hill.
On our way home, we stopped at a general store in Long Creek.
On the bulletin board inside, was a note "Rattlesnakes wanted". Yes, it is really an adventure being here.
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