Memories of Fall Creek Falls

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April  21, 2001, was a very special day for me.  On that day Betsy and I went to Fall Creek Falls state Park here in Tennessee.  We very much enjoyed the beautiful scenery and the waterfalls in the park.  It was here that we began our quest to visit as many waterfalls as possible, and we visited several hundred over the following years.

But as exciting as that was, even more exciting was that it was at Fall Creek Falls that I got my first kiss from Betsy.  Now that is a cause for celebration.

I got this picture of My Beautiful Bride in 2013.  We were walking along Cane Creek when she noticed this log and decided it would make a good spot to enjoy the scenery.

 

 

 

Cane Creek

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Several years ago Betsy and I were sitting on a rock along Cane Creek in Fall Creek Falls State Park between the cascade and the waterfall.  The creek wasn’t very deep, but the water was rushing over and around boulders and ledges.  I tried to capture all that frenetic action, and this is the result.

Rockhouse Falls

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Rockhouse Falls is one of the smaller waterfalls in Tennessee’s Fall Creek Falls State Park.  It is often overlooked since it can be seen from the same viewing platform as the larger Cane Creek Falls.  Rockhouse Falls is behind anyone looking at the larger waterfall, but I think it is worthwhile to turn around to see this beauty as well.  This photo was taken in April of this year.

A Very Special Place

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Fall Creek Falls State Park here in Tennessee is a very special place for Betsy and me.  It wasn’t the site of our first date, but it was the site of our first kiss.  We’ve been to many wonderful places since then, but we manage to get back to Fall Creek Falls close to April 21 each year to celebrate that wonderful date. 

In some ways it’s hard to believe that first kiss was 18 years ago, but we do enjoy going back to recreate the magic of that day.  This photo of Piney Falls in the park was taken several years ago.

Rainbow at Cane Creek Falls

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Betsy and I don’t always see a rainbow when we visit a waterfall, but when we visited Cane Creek Falls in Fall Creek Falls State Park here in Tennessee, we were fortunate enough to see and capture this rainbow.  This picture was taken during a visit to the park in 2009.

Fall Creek Falls

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Fall Creek Falls is the iconic waterfall in Fall Creek Falls State Park here in Tennessee.  The park, and this waterfall, are favorites of ours, and we visit it a couple of times each year.  This picture of Fall Creek Falls, from my archives, was taken in September, 2002.

Cane Creek Cascades

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Fall Creek Falls State Park here in Tennessee has five major waterfalls, and this isn't one of them.  This is Cane Creek Cascades, which is just above Cane Creek Falls.  I have to admit that it looks like a waterfall to me.

More Beautiful than Ever

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Fall Creek Falls State Park here in Tennessee is a special place for Betsy and me.  And April 21 is a special day.  It was on April 21, 2001, on a date to Fall Creek Falls, that Betsy and I realized that we were falling in love.

We celebrate that wonderful day by going back to Fall Creek Falls every April 21.  We went back there Sunday and found more water flowing through the creeks and over the falls than we've seen before.  And I found that my Beautiful Bride is more beautiful than ever.