The ambitious plan today was to visit Abrams Falls. It should be roaring. Cades Cove Loop Road is closed so on to my less ambitious plan - visit Laurel Falls. The trail to Laurel Falls is the most popular in the park. It is paved in its entirety or at least as far as the falls. The waterfall is a 2 parter. The upper fall is upriver of the bridge above. As soon as the water passes by the bridge it starts its second fall. Normally you don't even need the bridge to cross here but today the even the bridge didn't help.
This is a typical scene today - silver ribbons of water coming down the hill sides where it doesn't normally flow.
I climbed up to the upper fall and down to the lower fall. The lower fall is much more scenic as it overflows its normal channel. The walkway and bridge are at the top of this fall. It would not have been a good place to slip.
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Wow! Way different from how we saw it on Sandy's hike Wednesday of WHW 2020.
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