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| TEA TABLE ROCK 3/19/11 |
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You park anywhere you can...just stay out of the highway! |
We head down the road... |
...not noticing the gate and "No Trespassing" sign... |
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View into Limestone Valley |
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1/2 mile down the road to the bluffs |
....and finally we arrive |
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Dale giving us some history and our agenda |
View back to the West |
Our friend and hiking buddy "Bean" |
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When we say bring your daypack...he does...and gets into it! |
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The top of Tea Table Falls |
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Nice moss covering on the rock...but slick! |
Dale on the Dome Rock |
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Us on the Dome Rock
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Chris |
Our first climb up |
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View looking South |
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Tea Table Rock (2-Views) |
Latin Pouroff |
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Wet rock covered with lichen |
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Charles |
A way down under the bluffs, but not for us |
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We have gone as far as we were going on top, so now back. |
If it had rained, this whole bluff line would be a "pouroff" |
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The Dome Rock |
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The first thing we see downunder is a large grotto |
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....and a few nice attached pedestals |
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The bottom of Tea Table Falls |
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A look up at Tea Table Falls |
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Latin Pouroff from below |
Charles |
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Latin Inscription "In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit" |
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A Indian Head carved into a big rock |
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Rock Sculpture |
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An underground water source |
Gary |
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Chris.....sure do miss Dee! |
In the grotto where the Latin Inscription was found |
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Gloria |
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Brenda |
Hugh |
Looking out from inside the grotto |
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The little creek formed from the inside water source |
Heading back |
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Warren likes to take alternate routes |
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Found at French Falls |
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Char and Warren |
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Found another cross |
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French Falls |
Yuko....glad she chose to go with us this time!!!!!!!! |
Chris...missing his little woman. |
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When you go in downhill, you come out uphill! |
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Gary Miller 1983 |
What sign? |