Pace on Earth

Night Swimming

Dumbar Falls is for sale.

I have been going to Dumbar Falls since I was a kid. It's a 15 minute drive from town and a 10-15 minute hike in the woods. It's just off Route 8 to Mirimachi so you can still hear transports chugging up the hill as you trapse upstream. But at some point the all the noises of the world outside are drowned out by the din of the falls itself. And if you really want to get completely lost you can scale along the rock face and perch yourself behind the falls. Once there though there is only one way out; through the falls and into the hole that has been drilled into the limestone where the falls fall hardest: It's a small hole; you can stand up about 3 feet from where Scotty is jumping in here. I remember being scared to make the jump last time I was there and am still amazed remembering that my old buddy Arlo hit the hole from the top of the falls. We went for a refreshing (read: hangover clearing) dip on the morning of Scotty's wedding.I'm not sure how I feel about the land adjacent to the falls being developped, nor am I sure how I would feel about a constant parade of day campers coming out to enjoy a swim and a beer in the backyard of my new dream home. I do think it would be a nice problem to have though and an even better backyard. I think its pretty obvious that we have finally got a clear and present option for what to do with all that camp fund money.

Pace out.

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posted by Vitamin S @ 4:10 p.m.