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Various images of small streams, falls and small bodies of water.
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The Steep Climb at Crabtree falls 
Elevation: 1593 ft. Several tiers of gently cascading water comprise Crabtree Falls. Surrounded by hardwood forests, with large oaks, maples, birch, and hickories, this is an awe-inspiring scenic area whose natural beauty is sure to impress any visitor. 
from:  www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/vbwt/site.asp?trail=2&amp;...
Hollins Mill Black Water Creek 
&quot;Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it.”   Lao Tzu
Fall at Crabtree Falls 
You may be tempted to be discouraged when a switchback leads you away from the falls, but rest assured, you are never far from another spectacular view and there is seldom a time when you won’t be able to hear the rushing water encouraging you upward. The trail offers convenient benches throughout. Offering you the opportunity to catch your breath or just soak up the atmosphere. If you get discouraged, keep reminding yourself how easy the trip back down will be
from:  www.virginiawind.com/virginia_travel/crabtree_falls.asp
Water Slips into a pool at Crabtree Falls 
Crabtree Falls can be reached from the Blue Ridge Parkway by travelling to milepost 27. Exit onto VA 56 going east and follow the signs to Crabtree Falls (about 6.3 miles). It is open from dawn to dusk daily.
From:  www.nelsoncounty.com/visit/crabtreefalls
At the Base of the Falls 
“Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man.”
Orison Swett Marden 

The land at the base of the falls was almost developed as a resort area in the late 1960s. Land owner Hugh D. Bolton put up “No Trespassing” signs and stated that he wanted to create something called “Living Waters.” The residents of Nelson County encouraged involvement from the forest service, who had purchased acreage around the falls since the 1930s through small acquisitions and land exchanges, acquiring the falls in 1968. By 1972, after many unsuccessful offers to obtain the land at the base of the falls, proceedings began to condemn the two tracts. 

from:  gorp.away.com/gorp/publishers/menasha/waterfalls1.htm
Approaching Faster waters 
In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference” 
 Rachel Carson 
 
At the base of Crabtree Falls:
Crabtree Falls is famous for its connection to the well-known television show The Waltons. The falls were not shown on television, but the name was referred to several times during the life of the program. The mention of Crabtree Falls was usually in reference to a Sunday outing. 
from:  gorp.away.com/gorp/publishers/menasha/waterfalls1.htm
dreamers of the dream 
“We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of the dream. Wandering by lone sea breakers, and sitting by desolate streams. World losers and world forsakers, for whom the pale moon gleams.&quot;  
Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy
Where the Falls ends. 
It doesn't work to leap a twenty-foot chasm in two ten-foot jumps.  Unknown

Crabtree Falls has a fascinating history and offers many nice features, but something I found struck me as most unusual—a pay phone. There is a telephone right after you cross the Tye River—a strange thing to see in the woods. It was put in because of the growing number of accidents at the falls: rescue numbers are posted inside. There have been twenty-one deaths and many injuries at Crabtree Falls. The forest service even maintains a four-wheel-drive road at the top of the falls primarily for use in rescues.  (The number of deaths have changed sine gorp commented on this from 21 to 23.)

from: gorp.away.com/gorp/publishers/menasha/waterfalls1.htm
Beauty is primeval 
“Beauty is a primeval phenomenon, which itself never makes its appearance, but the reflection of which is visible in a thousand different utterances of the creative mind, and is as various as nature herself.” 
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Hollins Mill Black Water Creek
"Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it.” Lao Tzu
Hollins Mill Black Water Creek 
&quot;Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it.”   Lao Tzu
Hollins Mill Black Water Creek
"Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it.” Lao Tzu
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