Icicles at Ozone Falls

These are just some icicle photos from when we visited Ozone Falls earlier in the month.

Could see the water dripping even though the temp was in the upper teens.

So it made it a little scary to walk under those sharp points.

Could see where the icicles had hit the ground, so stayed away from those spots.

Jimmy didn't like me standing under the rock overhangs either.

He kept pointing out the cracks in the rocks, and we all know freezing and thawing is what makes these big rocks break off.

If I had stepped out from under it and it had fallen I think it would have still gotten me.

They don't just fall straight down. Besides I was beginning to get real cold. Time to start the climb back out of there.

Ozone Falls when the temp is below 20

I am not a person that likes to go outside when it is cold. So it is real amazing that I talked Jimmy into going to Ozone Falls when the temp in the valley was hanging at 20.
Up on the mountain, who knows?

East Tennessee had a lot of rain the week before and I had seen Betsy and George had been there to check it out. I just had to see it. The one time I had been there the falls did not have very much water to see. I was disappointed. Not this time. The top photo is me hanging real close to the edge trying to get a look/see. With Jimmy having his normal hissy fit that he has when I get close to any edge. On this day it was understandable, ICE everywhere. See the ice around the waterfall, it was like that everywhere. The water was still moving, and that was what I had come to see.

Well, the look/see from the top was not good enough for me.
So down we went, knowing we had to climb back out of there, and George had already warned us it was steep. And I had even commented on his blog that I would not be going down. When you get there it is different story. Got to see that water. But George even went down below the plunge pool and found a 2nd little waterfall.

Notice the white behind the falls. Not sure if that is just ice or if ice then snow on top of it. Not really a way to get over there to see, unless of course a person swam over there. Not me even in warm weather.

Talk about a hissy fit.

It was worth it and I am glad I talked Jimmy into it. Think he was too.