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canyonwalker) wrote2023-08-02 08:19 pm
canyonwalker) wrote2023-08-02 08:19 pm
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Bassi Falls, Again: Vengeance
Last Saturday we went to Bassi Falls... again. It's again because we cut short our trip 6 weeks earlier when Hawk got injured on the trail.
It's kind of a thing with us that when we lose an opportunity to do something, whether because of weather, or injury, or not having planned far enough ahead, we don't just say "Oh, well" and forget about it. We put it back on the list. We put it back on the list and we make plans for when we'll do it again. People talked about "revenge travel" after Covid. We don't need Covid for revenge travel!
We started with a hike over the hill and down across the granite slickrock to the base of the falls. Even before we could see the falls we already knew they were different from 6 weeks earlier. We knew they were different because we couldn't hear them. Oh, the water's still flowing; but it's not thunderous like on our previous visit.
Still, the flow in late July is not the driest we've ever seen Bassi Falls. That would two years ago, in July 2021, when Bassi Falls was just a trickle. The main tier of the falls in the center of the photo above? I had to climb up there and look behind a rock to see what little of it remained.
While the creek wasn't gushing like it was 6 weeks earlier it was more relaxing to sit at and enjoy this time. Children were having fun stomping in the puddles. Last time their parents would've been pulling them back from the water's edge lest they be swept away.
Still, as peaceful as it was this visit, we didn't stay here at the bottom of the falls very long. That's because we had plenty of this area last time. It was our climb up to the top of the falls that was interrupted by injury. Hence that's where we wanted to go this time. Revenge!
Stay tuned for the vengeance....
Update: The vengeance continues atop Bassi Falls, with video!
It's kind of a thing with us that when we lose an opportunity to do something, whether because of weather, or injury, or not having planned far enough ahead, we don't just say "Oh, well" and forget about it. We put it back on the list. We put it back on the list and we make plans for when we'll do it again. People talked about "revenge travel" after Covid. We don't need Covid for revenge travel!
We started with a hike over the hill and down across the granite slickrock to the base of the falls. Even before we could see the falls we already knew they were different from 6 weeks earlier. We knew they were different because we couldn't hear them. Oh, the water's still flowing; but it's not thunderous like on our previous visit.
Still, the flow in late July is not the driest we've ever seen Bassi Falls. That would two years ago, in July 2021, when Bassi Falls was just a trickle. The main tier of the falls in the center of the photo above? I had to climb up there and look behind a rock to see what little of it remained.
While the creek wasn't gushing like it was 6 weeks earlier it was more relaxing to sit at and enjoy this time. Children were having fun stomping in the puddles. Last time their parents would've been pulling them back from the water's edge lest they be swept away.
Still, as peaceful as it was this visit, we didn't stay here at the bottom of the falls very long. That's because we had plenty of this area last time. It was our climb up to the top of the falls that was interrupted by injury. Hence that's where we wanted to go this time. Revenge!
Stay tuned for the vengeance....
Update: The vengeance continues atop Bassi Falls, with video!