Old Albatross

This site is dedicated to waterfalls, mountains, an old aviators memories, with lots of poetic liberties, some just plain made up, and interesting places to visit.

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 Grantsville, PA2456 viewsRailtrail crossing
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 Because it's pretty2456 viewsThis is just a little cascade but, it's pretty.
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 Least We Forget2456 viewsSign posted on the office door saying goodbye to our last class of kids just two weeks before the devastating flood.

Those who have worked so hard to make Buffalo Mountain Camp
a reality will not forget.
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 Lower Blue Hole2454 viewsThe falls in this album are located less than ten miles from Elizabethton, TN. just off TN 91. Look for the sign.
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 Hemlock Falls2454 viewsSorry but, due to time constraints, the falls located in Cloudland Canyon State Park, Georgia, are of poor quality and both tint and contrast were adjusted to make them usable
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 Beneath Natural Arch-22452 views
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 Lower part of Hidden Falls2451 viewsLocated just at the bottom of the main falls and is the first part that one sees when approaching from downstream. It is eight feet or less in height.
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 Green Cove Station now.2450 viewsThis station is just the way it was when the trains ran. You gotta come visit this place.

There are photos inside that show local folks sitting on a bench by the post office near the same pot belly stove,
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 Upper part of hiddeen falls2450 viewsCareful examination of the top of the main falls reveals a small falls coming from right to left and turning sharply left for the plunge of the main falls.
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 Special Ops.2449 viewsThis crew member can sniff where a bear walked two days earlier, drinks from a mud hole, always willing to lead and works for part of my snack and a scratch.

Did I say Bo knows hiking Looking Glass Rock. Only member of this group to look over the edge, fearless.
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 Steel Creek Cascades2448 viewsUnable to reach the main falls due to water levell that prevented crossing creek. I will come back, prepared to cross the creek. Al alternate route, up the right side of the creek is not really an alternative unless you have a fondness for Laurel bushes, steep slopes, and leaf covered rock.
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