You have to buy a permit, and the spots fill up quick, so two months ago we bought a permit and told the family that if anyone wanted to go, they needed to buy one too. My oldest nephew Matt bought one so we planned out the day.
There is a 14 mile dirt road. Which didn't sound so bad at first, until you consider the fact that you just crawl along. J was cracking up because we got stuck behind two high profile vehicles and he wanted to pass them in his low to the ground car.
There are park rangers that check your paperwork and make sure you have a permit. I had googled the best place to park so we were in the Fossil Creek Bridge lot. Come to find out, that is the best swimming hole area, but I wanted to check out the waterfall. We really should have parked at the Waterfall Trailhead parking lot. So we had to walk an 1.35 miles one way. The hike to the waterfall is a two mile round trip, so we definitely got our walking in.
Before we hit the waterfall we came to a little spot where we sat down to eat our sandwiches, and we explored a bit.
The water was cold and it was rainy, but that didn't stop Matt or Jaylee.
Breezy made sure to keep out of the water.
We climbed up to where people were cliff jumping.
The waterfall was off to the right of where I'm standing here.
You can see Breezy down below. That's where we sat to watch Matt, Austin, and Jaylee jump off the cliff. I was pretty impressed with them.
They swam across to get to the other side, but J and I headed back down.
That's to the left of the waterfall, where they swam over. Then they swam back and jumped from the right.
We decided we wanted to go under the waterfall.
After we were done, we hiked back to the car and checked out the swimming hole area.
We definitely tired out the Breeze.
It was a fun day. It's nice having a nephew who is old enough to drive his own car and take his own passengers. We are already planning for next year.
There was one point where Breezy was trying to put on her shoes, so I grabbed her arm to steady her. Then I shook her a little to tease her. I grinned and said, "I'm a blessing and a curse Breezy." She grinned back and told me, "You are a blessing who likes to have fun." New life motto. Someone put that on a t-shirt for me.
Also, Matt thought he could swing out over the creek and come back dry:
