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Big Laurel Falls


 

Although the picture doesn't show it very well, there is a huge rock shelter (undercut) behind this fall. It is over 200 feet across and 100 feet back. It has a sandy bottom that is as deep as you can dig. But if that isn't enough, the fall runs backwards into the rock shelter, hugs the right hand wall, and disappears into several small (less than 2 foot diameter) holes in the floor. The stream enters an inaccessable cave system at that point and runs underground into a nearby river known for trout fishing. I once stuck my leg into one of the drainage holes in this rock shelter and  although my foot seemed to emerge into a larger space, the current was so strong it was trying to rip my Teva sandal off . (I was wedged into a spot between two rocks where it was impossible to get sucked into the cave. I don't recommend going around sticking your leg into holes that have rivers drianing into them. Not if you want to live very long.) You can camp inside the rock shelter here also.  

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