I will have to admit that Peavine Falls was not on the agenda for my Friday off before July 4th, but when Anabelle said "yeah, we could go back to Peavine Falls", it jumped on the agenda quickly. It has always been a little adventure that I have taken all the kids on for many many years. I know these opportunities are more and more rare, but Anabelle's voice was music to my ears.
But we had also planned to visit Joe's Italian that day also, as we had not been there in a long time. So there was a little concern with plates full of pasta, a steamy hot July day in Alabama, and a 1 mile hike to the falls, but we decided to try. At Joes, we had so much food...we shared 4 entrees amongst us with a couple of appetizers...and while the new owners have moved Papa Joe's seat at the front of the restaurant, we know he would have smiled at our happy faces. Then Magan for some reason asked the guy to tell us about all the desserts, while me and the kids just laughed. We will get the piece of strawberry cake, we know that is what Magan will pick....then she said "Wow, those sound great, we'll take a piece of the strawberry cake".
We left Joe's with a bunch of extra cake and a little bit of Italian...Anabelle made fun of me for keeping a half a meatball for later. And that meatball moved to about 4 plates before finally making it into the togo plate. We drove up the long long hill to the Peavine Falls parking lot, and found the small geocache at the top before heading down. It was extremely busy at the beach area, but pretty empty for the Peavine Falls hike.
Once down at the waterfall, we all (except for Magan) got into the super cold water coming down the falls. It does not make for the best hike back to the car, but that cold water feels great on a hot hot day. After the hike we visited the bird refuge center 3 minutes after it had closed, then me and Davis and Ruby walked along the treetop trail. I put a picture of Sam and Davis the first time we went on that trail. Oak Mountain has a treasure trove of memories within its gates, and I am glad we are still adding to it.
