The Second Waterfalls

Sometime after my friends left, my grandparents came to visit.  A few days into their trip we went to new waterfalls, a natural water-park.  

We hiked into the woods and came upon a large pool.  Leading into that pool was an amazing water slide!  My dad, my sisters and I couldn't wait to slide down it but at first my mom didn't let us.  We hiked a little bit farther up the hill and found a smaller water slide with a less exciting drop, my mom said we could practice on this waterside before actually going on the big one.  

The small water slide was fun but it could've been more fun.  After a few minutes of sweet-water swimming, we walked along, following the stream to a tremendous, thundering waterfall!  My dad, my sisters and I climbed up the slippery black rocks and stood, letting the water pound on our heads.

After a while we made our way back to the big water-slide, my dad, Cleo and I slid down, time after time after time after time, we slid down and climbed back up.  My dad was the only grown-up to try it and he had a butt-bruise for ages!

The Falls

Taken by Victoria Bastian

The Falls

For a week we had friends over.  Two different families came to spend four days each with us, and on the third day of the first family we went to the falls.

The falls are a good hours worth of hiking off of the road.  The day we went it had just rained so the trail was like a mudslide.  

When we got a bout halfway it started raining.  At first it was just a slight drizzle but, of course, we were in a rainforest so, as its name predicted, the slight drizzle turned into a full on rainstorm.  

To get to the falls you have to cross over two small creeks and one large stream.  About halfway across the stream, Jade fell hard on her bottom, her third fall of the day.  Once we reached the falls we realized that all the bumps and bruises we had endured on the hard journey over, was all worth it.

Taken by Victoria Bastian

In front of us were two falls with a pool apiece, ranging format least 20ft to over 50.  Each pool was refreshingly cool and felt amazing after 2 months of salt water.