Tall Falls

 Last year we visited the highest place in Florida. Today we saw a tallest falls in Florida. We went to Falling Waters state park near Chipley, Florida. It is another cold day with temperatures only in the forties so Penny and I bundled up, grabbed our hiking sticks and set out to the east.

The park is about an hour and 1/4 drive from our house. It's a lot smaller than I thought it was. On the map online one of the trails is labeled as a 45 minute walk. In reality, hiking all the trails in the park is a 45 minute walk and a leisurely walk at that. Our purpose today was just to go on an explore, visit someplace new and just spend some time together. We accomplished that.

The park has the falls and a few sink holes, a 2 acre lake, a small butterfly garden, camping and regular hiking trails. The falls themselves are simply a stream that empties into a sink hole. The waterfall is, however, 73 feet in height. Here are some pictures:

As you can see there is not a tremendous flow of water right now. I think this is typical. They get their largest flow right after a thunderstorm. Sometimes the water completely dries up. It was interesting to see and would be much more picturesque on a sunny day. We had clouds and cold weather.

We also drove around Chipley and looked at the architecture of the old houses there.

The cold winter continues with temperatures going down into the low twenties tonight and tomorrow. It's not supposed to warm up until the weekend. At least we don't have 4 inches of ice on the roads like Atlanta.