Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Silver Lady Falls

These beautiful falls, not far from Varanath and Ardiango, is over three hundred feet tall and cascades down over the mountain from a bowl shaped pool even in the middle of winter.  There is a small bowl shaped pool at the top, where the river comes to the edge of the mountain, then the river plunges over the steep cliff into a bigger bowl shaped pool below.  At the base of the falls is an opening, leading to a network of natural caves.  These caves are fodder for many an adventure story for nearby locals, but few have actually been in them.  It is believed there was once a druid who protected the falls and the nearby lands named the Silver Lady, but little is known of her or why she chose this spot or even where she might have gone.

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