IMG_6427 Fall Creek Gorge - Path Attica, Indiana   From the small parking lot, which only holds 6-8 cars, the path winds through the woods on a short hike into the gorge.

                          

IMG_6323 Tributary Stream Fall Creek Gorge Attica, Indiana A small tributary stream enters the gorge at the point where the parking lot path ends. A small chute of water has carved out a deep channel in the rock here leading down to Fall Creek.

IMG_6324 Fall Creek Gorge Attica, Indiana

                         

IMG_6325 Fall Creek Gorge Attica, Indiana   Around the corner from the tributary stream, you immediately come to the “pothole” section of the gorge. The action of the water along this narrow stream bed has formed these small basins, nicknamed “potholes”. They range in size from 1 foot to more than 6 feet across and are as much as 4 – 5 feet deep. This was actually as far as I could get going up stream without literally going for a swim. With the air temp at 50 degrees F and the water even colder, I decided to take the high road along the cliff after taking a couple of shots here.

IMG_6413 Fall Creek Gorge Attica, Indiana   This was taken from the trail on the top of the cliff. From this vantage point, you can really see the potholes. Now you know why I took the high road!!

IMG_6412 Fall Creek Gorge Attica, Indiana   Looking down from the cliff top path at some more potholes.

IMG_6338 Fall Creek Waterfall #2 Fall Creek Gorge Attica, Indiana

IMG_6343 Fall Creek Waterfall #3 Fall Creek Gorge Attica, Indiana

                         

IMG_6349 Fall Creek Waterfall #4 Fall Creek Gorge Attica, Indiana

IMG_6354 Fall Creek Waterfall #5 Fall Creek Gorge Attica, Indiana

                         

IMG_6358 Carved Rock #1 Fall Creek Gorge Attica, Indiana   OK… So once I was able to drag myself away from the waterfall, I started walking down the river bed back toward the potholes. It was pretty flat for a while, although you really had to watch where you stepped as even in this area, there were places that went from being very shallow to well over the top of my boots very quickly. Needless to say, I didn’t leave dry!! After rounding a couple of bends in the river, I came back to the area above the potholes and found this section of the river bed that was carved out. This channel was about 2 feet deep.

                         

IMG_6359 Carved Rock #2 Fall Creek Gorge Attica, Indiana   A little further down stream you can really see how the water has carved out the rock along the walls of the canyon.

IMG_6368 Water & Leaves Fall Creek Gorge Attica, Indiana A little different perspective – you can really tell how smooth the rocks have been worn by the water.

IMG_6385 Water Slide Fall Creek Gorge Attica, Indiana   The water flowed through this small section and turned the corner at the end to come back into the creek. It reminded me of a slide at a water park….

IMG_6376 Looking Downstream Fall Creek Gorge Attica, Indiana This is a view of the potholes area looking downstream. The large rock cliff right in the center of this picture is right at the bottom of the path from the parking lot. However, as I still didn’t want to take a swim, I would have to go back to the waterfall to take the cliff top path back to my car.

                         

IMG_6393 Fall Creek Waterfall #6 Fall Creek Gorge Attica, Indiana OK.. I couldn’t help myself. I had to come back to take the path back and had to take some more angles of the waterfall….

                          

IMG_6398 Fall Creek Waterfall #7 Fall Creek Gorge Attica, Indiana

IMG_6402 Fall Creek Waterfall #8 Fall Creek Gorge Attica, Indiana

IMG_6405 Fall Creek Waterfall #9 Fall Creek Gorge Attica, Indiana

IMG_6410 Fall Creek Waterfall - Final Shot Fall Creek Gorge Attica, Indiana As I was leaving, I turned for one last look and saw the waterfall framed by the yellow tree with the reflections in the river upstream. I couldn’t help myself and had to take one last shot!!