The Fences at Cedarock

Sometimes I just have to shake my head and wonder why...

...why has it taken me so long to visit this beautiful place?

Especially since it is basically right under my nose...

...in the same county where I live...

...less than 20 miles from home.

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It's been on my list of places to visit and I surely didn't know what I was missing.

And talk about good fences...well, this place is loaded with them!

So I'm sharing them today at Theresa's Good Fences link-up.

 

 

This is what you see as you turn in to the entryway of Cedarock Park.

 

 

It was early last Friday morning and I was coming down with a cold.

My head was so congested and I needed to breath in some fresh air.

So off I went, camera in tow, arriving there before 8:00 AM.

 

I pretty much had the place to myself except for a woman who came to walk her five dogs.

 

These two sweeties greeted me as I walked over to the Garrett Historical Farm, just inside the park.

They seemed quite glad to see me, assuming I had a treat for them, no doubt.

 

They cracked me up as one tried to eat the fence while the other was biting it's nose!

This little game went on for a few minutes.

 

They were the size of horses but I soon realized they weren't...exactly.

As I turned my back, I heard one of them "heehaw".
I am no expert on farm animals but I knew they weren't your typical run-of-the-mill donkey.

I did a little research and I think they must be a type of hybrid mules.

Regardless of their number of chromosomes, they were beautiful animals and quite entertaining!



It didn't take long to decide that I really would like to live here :)
 

 

Just going to let the photos speak for themselves...

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

After leaving the farm area, I walked down the road a ways until I heard water rushing.

I knew that there was a falls somewhere and my ears lead me right to it.



It was only a trickle compared to a picture I had seen of it on the website.

 

A few weeks back when we had all of that rain,

I heard that the falls was running full force, clear across the dam.

So after a few more shots...

 

...it was time to head back...

 

 

...snapping a few more as I walked along the path.

 

 

I couldn't believe that two hours had passed and I was still able to breath through my nostrils!

 

 

Snap, snap, snap...as I made my way back up to the entrance.

The bright morning sun seemed to be setting the trees on fire.

 

...snap...snap...just one more :)

 

Back to my car and back down the fence-lined driveway toward home.

Immediately, my sinuses became clogged again.

I was miserable the rest of the day.

But it was so worth it :)