On Sunday we went hiking at Fall Creek Falls which is located near Cookeville, TN. We had been here once before and only walked down to the bottom of the larger falls (we heard rumor that they filmed parts of the Jungle Book movie here).
We explored a little further this time and hiked to the nature station where you can access a smaller waterfall (I think it was named Caney Creek Falls??).
We were actually able to walk out to the edge of one of the waterfalls (below) because the water wasn't flowing in part of the area. It looked like a pretty scary drop from our view.
To get to the bottom of this waterfall where there was swimming, we had to hold onto a cable and climb down the side of a mountain (or a hill as J.R. likes to call them when he compares them to Utah's mountains)! I think it may have been one of the most strenuous climbs I have ever had. I held on for dear life to the cable! It was well worth it though. The whole area at the bottom was absolutely beautiful!
J.R. found a HUGE spider on one side of the falls. You can see it in this picture if you click on the photo to enlarge it, and look at the end of the arrow. This picture was taken from several hundred yards away, so imagine how big this thing was! After we climbed back up the mountain to leave we noticed that there was a sign warning that rattlesnakes and copperheads were present around the waterfall too. We both wished we had read this before we climbed down!
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