Middleham Falls

     So yesterday (9-6-09) definitely topped the other days we've been here. Including Emerald Pool. Yea i said it.  We went to meeting where Marchet had to interpret part of the watchtower study and did awesome! We also had made arrangements 2 meet up w/ "Vince" for a hike up Middleham Falls.  We left around 2:30 & picked up a few others along the way. All in all we had about 10 ppl. Its about 4 miles from Roseau (Ro-zo) or (Ruzo) (iv heard it both ways) & Roseau is not too far from where we were staying. You could feel it get cooler the higher we went up which was very refreshing & we would get minny downpours for about 2 minutes off & on. So really you couldnt tell the difference between rain & sweat.Vince was a very good tour-guide, made sure everyone was safe & together. It was actually tougher than i thought it was gonna be but awesome all at the same time. It was only a little more than 5 miles there & back but the terrain was pretty rugged & slipperier (is that a word?) than ice because of all the moss & rain. Bev & both fell. It was hilarious. Her's was not as funny as mine since i only fell on my behind which was probably the safest spot for me to fall if ya know what i mean. She on the other hand wiped out on some rocks & cut her knee up nicely. But anyway, about ten minutes into the hike, we detoured a tiny bit to a place ppl call the "stinky hole" i believe.

      The closer we got, the more appropriate the name became. It was an underground cave with hundreds of bats. Not everyone would be as xcited as we were but i think bats are awesome, the presents they left, not so much.  After that it was more slipping and crawling and scaling and climbing till we finally could hear the falls. As we got closer there was a deck built that would stood on for a gorgeous view of Middleham falls, which im sorry, blew Emerald out of the water. No pun intended.
     It was definitlely more hard core. So if ur not too into hard core, than i wouldnt recommend it. After the deck we had to climb down the rocks & jump into the water. Very deep water. & climp to the other side into the little cave on the left (you can see it in the picture) & jump off up higher.

      It was so much fun. It felt like a helicopter was landing in the water, the fall was so windy. We did a few jumps & set back off up the mountain. We attempted to make it back before dark but that didn't really work out as planned. Navigating in the dark was sort of a nightmare but we made it happen. Suprisingly wiped out more on the way to the falls than on the way back in the dark. That's sad. Before we left we stopped once more @ the stinky hole in time for the bats to come pouring out. Some of them would bump into you but mostly you could just here them wizzing by your ears. I just managed to snap an ok picture of one. They're pretty fast.

    But yes we finally made it to the car, soaked, & pretty beat. But it was an awesome day. (Oh, and no, Marchet did not come, she wasn't feeling good, but i think home was a good idea for her this time. )

     We slept like babies last night. Best day ever!