Fall are beautiful. Little muddy but Waterfalls have a lot of water

Beautiful hike with lovely moss on the trees, ferns, and spring buds! The falls were roaring, and I went for a brief swim — cold but very refreshing. There were several people wading as well. The trail is still somewhat muddy in places, but nothing too bad. I went over the log instead of fording the stream just before the falls, and it wasn't too slippery.

When I arrived around 9:15am, there were around 30-40 cars parked on the shoulder, but plenty of space for more to park. When I left around 1pm, parking had filled up significantly and there were cars circling around waiting for spots.

Muddy but gorgeous! The lower stream crossing had a branch near the log you could pretty much use as a hand rail. Walked beyond the falls and heard spring peepers. Someone went swimming! super cold but worth it, she said. Lovely hike! 

Hiked today with two dogs. Followed lower trail to Falls and it was really muddy with a lot of water on the trail in places. Wear something more substantial than tennis shoes. There is a creek crossing on both the lower and upper trails. The lower one has a sketchy high log and the upper one has nothing. We came back that way and just ended up taking our shoes off.
Tree still smoldering at Falls. Looks like someone mentioned it in another trip report. We added more water but it is up in the tree. We called it in and it was also called in yesterday. I hope it doesn’t kill the tree.
We hiked up a road past the falls to add a couple more miles on.
Loved all the moss on the trees and fern covering the forest floor. Nice, lowland hike for a Monday:).

Great trail! I can’t wait to do it when there aren’t mud puddles every 10 feet. Granted, we went on a rainy day, so it’s to be expected!

We didn’t even make it all the way to the falls- we reached the part where we could have to climb over tons of fallen trees and I wanted a beer so we turned back, haha.

Would be great with kids on a sunny day!