{"id":1814,"date":"2014-11-18T04:19:28","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T09:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/blog\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2014-11-18T04:19:28","modified_gmt":"2014-11-18T09:19:28","slug":"upper-upper-dick-creek-falls-11-8-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/blog\/rattreks\/upper-upper-dick-creek-falls-11-8-2014.html","title":{"rendered":"Upper Upper Dick Creek Falls &#8211; 11-8-2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-indent: 2em;\">I have been going to Dick Creek and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/gallery\/thumbnails.php?album=16\" target=\"_blank\">lower falls<\/a> there for over 30 years now having camped and hiked there many times in my lifetime but, it has only been in the last decade that I have become a waterfall-aholic and learned that there was an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/gallery\/thumbnails.php?album=78\" target=\"_blank\">Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/a> which I have since visited often. I have always suspected that there would be more falls above the upper falls but, I was yet to get the time needed to explore that region. I had been planning to get to that sometime this year however, the legendary backwoods explorer, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ljroanmtn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Larry Jarret<\/a> beat me to it as he spent a lot of time this year deep in the bowels of the Unaka Mountain area where just one of his many discoveries was at least four major waterfalls that lie deep within the rugged and remote area of the upper Dick Creek valley. On this hike I would see almost all of them for my first time along with my fellow mountain adventurers John Forbes and Kenneth Woody. We would also have the pleasure of being accompanied to the upper Dick Creek Falls with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8660.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Taylor<\/a>, my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4913.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">brother from another mother<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8595.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8595_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4696.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4696_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 2em;\">This trip would be somewhat different than any others in the fact that we would be traveling the first leg of the journey, about a 2+ mile stretch beside Dick Creek from the Limestone Cove side in which we would be riding in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/6882.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">two four wheel drive vehicles<\/a> that would take us to the end of the forest road just above the lower falls. Of course this would save some much needed time since we got such a late start ending up at the trail head about 11 am. Parking in the field there (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4855.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Johnny`s Pasture<\/a>) we began our adventure by taking the lesser known and much harder to find ninja trail which goes up the left side of Dick Creek to the Upper Dick Creek Falls. This is a short section of laurels to negotiate at first and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/293.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">precise magical spot<\/a> to cross the creek to find the one and only place where the beginning point of the left ridge can be accessed but, after that it is really smooth sailing with extraordinary views of the creek that will be way down below you from that point on. I always take this route going in and come back on the other side. Michael was not a fan of this route !<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8564.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8564_rs.jpg\" alt=\"creek\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crossing the North Indian Creek in Michael`s F J<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8574.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8574_rs.jpg\" alt=\"creek\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael crossing the creek at the magic spot, wishing he was going up the right side instead of following us on my so called ninja trail !<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8576.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8576_rs.jpg\" alt=\"stump\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael at the old stump on the left side trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8579.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8579_rs.jpg\" alt=\"trail\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trail that leads down to the upper dick creek falls from the left side<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8580.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8580_rs.jpg\" alt=\"trail\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Going down to the base of the upper dick creek falls from the left side way<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 2em;\">The sun was cooking the earth with not a cloud in the sky all day so as usual, there would be no special pictures possible. This would not stop our eyes from taking in all the beauty nor the amount of fun that we would have. After hanging out at the Upper Dick Creek Falls for while, we parted company with Michael and the remaining three of our party continued upstream in search of the illusive waterfalls we knew would be waiting for us there.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8588.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8588_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4478.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4478_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8590.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8590_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Forbes atop Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8627.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8627_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8633.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8633_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Small feeder falls at Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8673.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8673_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corkscrew at the top of Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8678.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8678_rs.jpg\" alt=\"pool \" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The golden pool at top of Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 2em;\">Of course there is no trail from that point on and there would be several enormous obstacles that we would have to overcome to continue. It did not take long at all before we came across the first and largest set of &#8216;new falls&#8217; that we have temporarily penned the Upper Upper Dick Creek Falls. (Larry will get the privilege of naming these falls and listing them on TN Landforms later if he so desires) These are so close in fact that Michael may have heard me scream from back at the upper falls where he stayed to get more pics. There was no chance that he heard anything from Ken as he became <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8725.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">speechless<\/a> at that point and barely uttered another word for the rest of the day !<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8705.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8705_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">John and Ken running for the new falls upon the first sight of her,,, we had reached the Upper Upper Dick Creek Falls !<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8707.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8707_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8709.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8709_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8727.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8727_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Forbes standing beneath the upper upper falls to show just how tall these really are<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8729.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8729_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8730.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8730_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8733.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8733_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Behind the upper upper dick creek falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8739.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8739_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Going behind the upper upper dick creek falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8744.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8744_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">going behind the upper upper dick creek falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/2759.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/2759_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me and Ken as seen by John from behind the falls. (Photo by John Forbes)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/2341.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/2341_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me and Ken under the falls (Photo by John Forbes)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 2em;\">These falls were even more amazing in person than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ljroanmtn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Larry`s excellent pictures<\/a> had portrayed as he had no way to show the scale and enormous height of these falls which I am guessing are pushing close to 50 feet high. I will be bringing my friend Dave Aldridge to these so he can accurately measure them with his laser hypsometer and I will have my handheld gps with me on a future return trip to log the coordinates of all the new falls. The monolithic sized cliffs that cradle the falls on each side tower high above them and seem to stretch out of sight in each direction. They are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8746.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">monumental<\/a> to say the least and are by far the largest and most difficult barrier to overcome on this journey.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4536.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4536_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4551.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4551_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4552.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4552_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Forbes beneath the mighty Upper Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4561.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4561_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Forbes becoming intimate with the new falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4567.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4567_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8748.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8748_rs.jpg\" alt=\"cliffs\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">HUGE cliffs on the left side of the upper upper dick creek falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/2213.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/2213_rs.jpg\" alt=\"cliffs\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cliffs on the right side of the upper upper dick creek falls (Photo by Kenneth Woody)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 2em;\">John took the larger left side and Ken and I took the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8747.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">right side<\/a> to search for secret ninja passes that might allow us to scale this encumbrance safely. I was actually looking for signs that Larry had been there as he normally would cut some limbs out of the way in places he has been but, he was obviously in stealth mode this time as I never seen a trace of a human being anywhere in that valley beyond the upper falls. Of course there is the possibility that he is not human ? or perhaps superhuman ? Ken and I ended up climbing a bit too high and had to climb back down to come out right at the top of these magnificent falls where we could hear John was approaching from the other side. Due to the difficulty of this climb I did not try to get any pictures during it. Standing at the top of the falls getting a closeup view of where the water splits into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8721.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">two chutes<\/a> was breathtaking.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8751.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8751_rs.jpg\" alt=\"cliffs\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ken making his way up to the top of the falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8758.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8758_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Standing at the very top of the falls where the water splits before entering the main channel plunge<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8754.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8754_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top of the upper upper dick creek falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8760.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8760_rs.jpg\" alt=\"cliffs\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking across the top of the falls to the other side and the upper tier of the cliffs where John had came from<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 2em;\">Another stunning view was to look down on the top of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8713.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">vertical cliff<\/a> that stands like a totem pole at the base of the right side of the falls. John and I have vowed to sit upon it one day. From there we hung out at the top of the falls as it is a wondrous place before moving on upstream where more hidden falls and cascades would await.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8749.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8749_rs.jpg\" alt=\"cliff\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking down at the top of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8713.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">totem pole cliff<\/a>. We will sit on that one day<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8761.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8761_rs.jpg\" alt=\"cascade\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">This little cascade is tucked away just above the tip top of the falls which we seen as we climbed up past it<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8762.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8762_rs.jpg\" alt=\"ledge\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">John on one of the narrow ledges above the top of the upper upper falls<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 2em;\">There would be some more tricky places with laurels and other rocky impediments along with some short and sweet open and non restrictive stretches before the next click was over and we found the next set of falls. These were not as tall at only about 15+ feet yet, perhaps in some opinions more beautiful than the others.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8764.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8764_rs.jpg\" alt=\"view\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">After climbing beyond the top of the upper upper falls, we were forced into the creek here. This view is looking back the way we had just came which is not far from the top of the upper upper falls. When I turned around from here I was able to see the next set of falls.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8656.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8656_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me at the next set of falls on upper upper dick creek (Photo by John Forbes)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8765.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8765_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Next set of falls found above the upper upper dicks creek falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8767.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8767_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Next falls upstream from upper upper dick creek falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8768.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8768_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Falls above upper upper dick creek falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8771.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8771_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">I know, I take a lot of pics,, so sue me !<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4574.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4574_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waterfall above upper upper dick creek falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4580.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4580_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waterfalls above upper upper dick creek falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4625.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4625_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Forbes giving some scale to the height of these falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4627.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4627_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Forbes in jubilation at the new falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4628.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4628_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">These are one of the prettiest falls I have ever seen<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4634.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4634_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Falls under slightly better light<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4635.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4635_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Falls under slightly better light<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4636.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4636_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Perhaps the best shot I got of these falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8815.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8815_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Forbes at the next set of falls just above the upper upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8816.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8816_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close up of John Forbes and these magnificent falls<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 2em;\">The light was still too vivid for any good pics so we absorbed its exquisiteness and began searching for a way around a new rock hindrance that embraced both sides of these falls. Luckily there was a sweet ninja trail to be found in a large crack between the cliffs after climbing a short ways up the steep hill.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8780.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8780_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Climbing up and around the falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8783.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8783_rs.jpg\" alt=\"cliff\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just one of the many ninja trails we found between narrow channels in the rock cliffs<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8791.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8791_rs.jpg\" alt=\"cliff\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thankful for cracks in the rock cliffs which enabled us to get over them<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/357.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/357_rs.jpg\" alt=\"climbing\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me and Ken climbing up one of the easier, smaller cracks (Photo by John Forbes)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8792.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8792_rs.jpg\" alt=\"trail\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">There are remnants that prove that back in the day there were trails here. Long since overgrown.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8790.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8790_rs.jpg\" alt=\"snow\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">There was a lot of this in the upper regions of Dick Creek which explains why the water was flowing well<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 2em;\">We then found ourselves at an elevation well above the creek and had to descend back down in order to continue onward. From there it was a repeat of some smooth, some rugged, then another small falls that I recognized from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ljroanmtn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Larry`s pictures<\/a>. Not very tall but, elegant nonetheless.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4603.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4603_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Next set of falls found on the journey upstream<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4604.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4604_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Small falls on upper upper dick creek<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4583.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4583_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Small falls next in line as we go upstream,,<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8784.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8784_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smallest of the falls in the upper upper dick creek region<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8788.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8788_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Forbes giving some scale to these falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8789.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8789_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Forbes at the next set of falls, the smallest in this upper region of Dick Creek<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4606.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4606_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Small but charming<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 2em;\">Getting around these was not too hard but we soon ran out of time not far beyond that point. Knowing it would take time to make our way back over all the treacherous hindrances between us and upper falls and then back out to the vehicles, not wanting to do any of it in the dark, we were forced to turn around. It was disheartening and difficult to do but, I knew the last set of falls were at the very head of the valley at least another mile away with no trail and more obstructions to mediate so at a gorgeous area of the creek where many <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/5786.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">small falls<\/a> and a spring was gently seeping out of the ground beneath some perfectly placed boulders, we bid our adieu and swore we would be back here to finish the expedition soon.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8796.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8796_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A beautiful small falls tucked away in the laurels not far from where we turned around<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8799.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8799_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another small falls near the turnaround spot<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8805.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8805_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Small drop near the turnaround place<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8801.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8801_rs.jpg\" alt=\"creek\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dick Creek near the place we turned around at. This is a gorgeous area<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8809.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8809_rs.jpg\" alt=\"spring\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spring where we turned around at<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8810.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8810_rs.jpg\" alt=\"trail\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Place we turned around at. I`ll be back !!<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8813.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8813_rs.jpg\" alt=\"view\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking back. From here you can see the place we stopped at below and a finger of Rattlesnake Ridge high above.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8812.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8812_rs.jpg\" alt=\"view\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Slightly zoomed shot looking back at the valley we did not make it to and a finger of Rattlesnake Ridge above it<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 2em;\">Going back did prove somewhat easier and did not take near as long and the light was slightly improving as the sun was now beginning to get behind the steep fingers of the mighty <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8794.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Rattlesnake Ridge<\/a> which enabled us to get a few pictures that hopefully would be better than our first ones although still nothing fancy.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8811.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8811_rs.jpg\" alt=\"rocks\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taking the higher road route back to avoid some laurels, we came across a boulder garden<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/385.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/385_rs.jpg\" alt=\"sidehill\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me standing on a steep side hill just below the boulder garden (Photo by John Forbes)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8822.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8822_rs.jpg\" alt=\"descent\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Action shot of Ken and John about to disappear over a steep drop. Pictures can not show just how steep this really is.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8820.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8820_rs.jpg\" alt=\"cliffs\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the many crevices we were able to come down through to make negotiating the many cliffs easier<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8814.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8814_rs.jpg\" alt=\"trail\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some large leaves we encountered on the steep descent<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 2em;\">I enjoyed coming down the opposite side of the Upper Upper Dick Creek Falls than I had gone up, as those cliffs are monstrous and very impressive to be on. I got a few pics again at the bottom before continuing downstream back to the upper falls.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8837.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8837_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Upper Dick Creek Falls with slightly better light (taken with pocket cam)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8833.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8833_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">upper upper falls on the way back<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8834.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8834_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">You can see the cliffs better without the sun glaring on them<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8824.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8824_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">We just can not get enough of these new falls !<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8827.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8827_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Upper falls under slightly better light<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8830.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8830_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Upper falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8828.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8828_rs.jpg\" alt=\"cliffs\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cliffs on the right side of the upper upper fall s<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4644.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4644_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4648.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4648_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4653.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4653_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4658.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4658_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 2em;\">We were able to communicate with Michael via John`s phone and knew he was already back at his vehicle and had already been to the lower falls so we stopped at the upper falls just long enough to get some hopefully better shots before taking the old log road trail on the other side to speed things up in getting back. I was at the top of the falls shooting what I call &#8216;the corkscrew&#8217; when I looked up and seen John and Ken disappearing out of sight on that trail leaving me way behind.<br \/>\nThis did not stop me from climbing down to the base of the upper falls yet again to grab a few quick shots where I then climbed up the insanely hard to climb (for short people) feeder falls that would provide a short cut to the old log road above on that side. This was perhaps not the safest or wisest decision as a fall here would prove most unfortunate now that I was alone. I was successful and soon was hurrying down the nicer and more known trail on that side. I would not meet up with John or Ken until I reached the camp site back at the end of the road at the last creek crossing.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8838.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8838_rs.jpg\" alt=\"tree\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ken and John checking out the base of a LARGE overturned tree<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8841.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8841_rs.jpg\" alt=\"fungi\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fungus growing on the overturned tree base<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8844.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8844_rs.jpg\" alt=\"fungi\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fungi growing on the root base of the overturned tree.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8847.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8847_rs.jpg\" alt=\"pool\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The golden pool at the top of the Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4688.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4688_rs.jpg\" alt=\"pool\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trying to get decent shot of the golden pool at the top of Upper Dick Creek Falls . it was still too bright for my inferior non-slr camera<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4659.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4659_rs.jpg\" alt=\"pool\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The golden pool<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 2em;\">I took several of the corkscrew, just because I think it`s awesome !<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8855.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8855_rs.jpg\" alt=\"corkscrew\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The corkscrew which is the main channel of the Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8854.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8854_rs.jpg\" alt=\"corkscrew\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The corkscrew<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4671.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4671_rs.jpg\" alt=\"corkscrew\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The corkscrew<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4674.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4674_rs.jpg\" alt=\"corkscrew\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The corkscrew (yes I removed that laurel limb ! )<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4680.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4680_rs.jpg\" alt=\"corkscrew\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The corkscrew. Do you see a Gnome in this picture ?<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4683.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4683_rs.jpg\" alt=\"corkscrew\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The corkscrew<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 2em;\">My last shots of the Upper Dick Creek Falls:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8846.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8846_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">John atop the Upper Dick Creek Falls at the end of the day<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8857.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8857_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8858.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8858_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"487\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4694.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4694_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8863.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8863_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"493\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Dick Creek Falls (Pocket cam no tri pod)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4697.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4697_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8867.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8867_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the small feeder falls flowing into the Upper Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 2em;\">We walked out from there to the field together where we met back up with Michael who was taking a siesta in his new Toyota FJ. There was just enough light left in the day to get some shots of the lower Dick Creek Falls before completing the last leg of the day which was the 2+ mile off road vehicle ride back to Limestone Cove Road where it would get dark on us before we reached the pavement there. The following shots I got with my pocket cam without a tri pod:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8873.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8873_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ken and John at Lower Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8874.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8874_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ken and John at Lower Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8875.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8875_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lower Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8880.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8880_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lower Dick Creek Falls &#8211; the most colorful falls in our area imo<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8882.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8882_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Forbes getting creative to get a shot ! (Find Ken)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8885.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8885_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lower Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8888.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8888_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">As if you couldn`t tell, I love taking pics of the Lower Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8890.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8890_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lower Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8893.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/8893_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lower Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 2em;\">The rest of these were taken using my larger camera and a tri pod:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4702.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4702_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">John and Ken at Lower Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4706.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4706_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lower Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4707.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4707_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lower Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4708.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4708_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lower Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4709.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4709_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lower Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4713.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4713_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lower Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4714.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4714_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lower Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4718.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4718_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lower Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4721.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4721_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lower Dick Creek Falls (find Ken)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4723.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4723_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lower Dick Creek Falls (find Ken)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4725.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4725_rs.jpg\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"450\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lower Dick Creek Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 2em;\">It is not always about the adventure but, who you share it with and I am blessed to have so many fellow hiker trash friends to share my adventures with that make life much more enjoyable.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/0901.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/0901_rs.jpg\" alt=\"group\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kenneth Woody, Michael D. Taylor, and RAT (me) (Photo by John Forbes)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/6965.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/6965_rs.jpg\" alt=\"group\" width=\"450\" height=\"678\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me (RAT), Kenneth Woody, and John Forbes (Photo by Michael D Taylor)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/5565.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/5565_rs.jpg\" alt=\"mud\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ken about to take Betsy through a huge mud hole in the Dick Creek Valley (Photo by John Forbes)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/3413.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/3413_rs.jpg\" alt=\"mud\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael`s FJ coming through a mud hole in the Dick Creek Valley (Photo by John Forbes)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4699.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/site_pics26\/4699_rs.jpg\" alt=\"creek\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crossing the North Indian Creek at night coming out of the Dick Creek Valley (photo by John Forbes)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 2em;\">It had been another awesome and epic day in Mother Nature`s bountiful world which had filled our heads and overloaded our sensory mechanisms with new spectacular sights that we are sure to be coming back to see again very soon. I must complete this mission and see the falls that we did not make it to on this quest. Until next time,,,,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been going to Dick Creek and the lower falls there for over 30 years now having camped and hiked there many times in my lifetime but, it has only been in the last decade that I have become a waterfall-aholic and learned that there was an Upper Dick Creek Falls which I have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1814"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1820,"href":"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions\/1820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rattreks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}