Just a short drive from Rifle Gap State Park is Rifle Falls State Park. It's the only place in Colorado that has triple 70 foot waterfalls that flow all year long (except when they freeze over in winter). It has turned this part of Colorado into an almost tropical location. Before we got there, I thought there might be one waterfall. As we headed around the lush vegetation, we saw one, then the second and finally, the third one!
Spray from the waterfalls rose out of the rocks at the bottom, creating a fine mist that enveloped me when I tried to get closer for an up close shot.
Behind the falls are small caves in the limestone cliffs. This would be a great place to take our grandchildren (except for the two teenagers who would probably be bored with this type of excursion).
I ventured up a path on the side of the hill, even though it was wet from the constant water spray. I wound up behind the falls, allowing me to capture another view of the surrounding landscape.
Another few miles up the road was a fish hatchery. Good thing we were driving slow when we came upon this group of cows. They were slow in "moo'ving" off the road.
By the time we made it to the Rifle Falls Fish Hatchery it was closing time. We had to be content to wander around the grounds outside and read the information they had posted on large billboards.
And what do we meet on the way back? The same group of bovines, taking their leisurely stroll down the middle of the roadway. I guess they weren't in a hurry to get anywhere, but we were......it was almost dinner time! Steak, anyone?
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