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Scott Card
06-18-2019, 09:42 PM
So, in response to this thread: http://www.bogley.com/forum/showthread.php?79515-Can-Anyone-Help-Me-Figure-Out-the-Name-for-this-Waterfall-in-Provo-Canyon I went up to Bridal Veil Falls parking lot to find the trail to the waterfall to the west southwest of Bridal Veil Falls. Using Shauna's map I easily found the trail from the bike path. After hiking for a few minutes i noticed not only the waterfall that Shauna was wondering about, but I saw a smaller one to the right. 92860

After hiking a little bit further, I came to the power poles (3 of them) and took this picture.

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From here it is about 200 feet further that you will come to the draining for the first and smaller waterfall. The creek bed is dry at the trail.

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I bush-whacked up the creek bed only to find a fairly recent and nasty dead deer. Maggots and stink galore. Some animal had drug some of the guts about 20 feet down the creek bed so I got to side step nastiness twice. About 50 feet from the falls, the stream appeared. This is what the little water fall looks like at the base.

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It is a pristine little place, now that I carried out the three empty and old water bottles. Nice little 40 minute lunch hike. The bad, I didn't bring hiking shoes to the office, so I thought I would cowboy up and wear my cowboy boots. Big Mistake. The good, I figured out that I need to replace my hiking boots because I had no Achilles tendon pain that I would get with my regular hiking shoes. Bottom line, I would not consider this waterfall a destination waterfall by any means, but a nice little walk away from all the crowds. I only saw one person at the beginning of the walk and didn't see another soul until I got back to the bike path. The parking lot was packed and the park was crowded. I will talk to Provo City and see if they know the name of these falls. If not, one will be named Scott's waterfall and the other will be Card's waterfall. :haha:

oldno7
06-19-2019, 05:42 AM
really nice picture--what camera/lens?

I see you even have the pole on the left 1/3 of picture, very well done:2thumbs:

http://www.bogley.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=92858&d=1560918176

Scott Card
06-19-2019, 08:20 AM
really nice picture--what camera/lens?

I see you even have the pole on the left 1/3 of picture, very well done:2thumbs: Just my old Samsung 6+ Edge phone. I guess my old High School photo class days are still with me. "Never center the subject matter" was ingrained in my head, I guess. I didn't even think about it when I took the photo. Lol.

oldno7
06-19-2019, 09:32 AM
I guess my old High School photo class days are still with me.


Didn't cameras back then require explosives?:ne_nau:

Scott Card
06-19-2019, 11:15 AM
Hahaha.... just about. I still know how to develop my own film.

Iceaxe
06-19-2019, 11:26 AM
What's film?!?

Scott Card
06-19-2019, 11:41 AM
Exactly. I admit that I have film ptsd. I swear I still only take one or two photos of something due to the painful memory of the costs of film and developing film in the old days. I remember having to light meter the shot, set it up and then cross my fingers that it would turn out because it was like a dollar or two for each photo. For a kid who was mowing lawns or working at a school cleaning it after all the little elementary boys had there "I-can-pee-higher-up-the-wall-than-you-can" contests, a dollar for a photo was expensive and represented hard earned money.

twotimer
06-19-2019, 07:18 PM
Cool...looks like Shauna pegged a nice little hike, eh?