For those who don't know. While I've owned all this land since December, I've actually been studying, researching, and exploring it a lot for at least the last year (or more). In that time I've become fairly familiar with many areas of the property. There is one quarter that I had never been. My friend Steve and I trekked out into that unknown today while following one of the streams. What we found as we rounded a bend, we were not expecting.... a waterfall.
It pretty much blew our minds. We immediately started referencing the GPS and conferring whether or not we had accidentally crossed the property line or not. The GPS showed we still had a long way to go in either direction until we found the property line. So we split ways. I darted into the forest in search of the line and Steve followed the stream. I popped out on a high ridge overlooking the rest of the property, but still no line. Eventually we found it, confirming our excitement. I own a waterfall.
Months ago, Brent had made the statement that this land "had better have waterfalls and stuff for all the trouble you've been going through to want it so much." At that time, I didn't have any knowledge of its existence, but NOW there is not one, but TWO! All with a carved out gorge feeding them. I've named them Hemlock Falls since they are surrounded almost exclusively by large hemlock trees. The water is very low right now as it has been quite dry, but with some rain, this should be an amazing sight to see!
There are still portions of unknown around the waterfall that had yet to be explored, but the day was disappearing and we left the forest.