Magical Mystery Falls trek...part 6

One can click on the pic to get a better idea of the swaying ferns (there are even a few Tree Ferns which I missed last time) providing a canopy over the Cave...there are myriad such caves alongside the gorge cut through by the stream.

But this cave is something special....for on one trip way back...peeking into the shadows...was an unmistakable silhouette of a medium sized animal....ears too sharp. Half-closed eyes...slightly twinkling...then they closed again. Had to be a wolf.

It was a wolf having its afternoon siesta after a little fiesta. But wolves never attack humans, not even in a pride...

Besides the mosses and the ferns....the dried fallen leaves , mainly from the oaks, form a thick layer...sometimes 2 feet....rich in beetles and other interesting creatures minding their own business...

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Magical Mystery Falls Trek...part 5

Down at the gorge.....the sunshine is DIFFUSED.....and that's the magical spell that seems to be cast. April 2004 noticed a new spring...a triplet of streams, cascading down the cliffside of the Hills of the Pixies. The pic above shows the triplet springs.
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The biodiversity is amazing. The butterflies and the bees created a magical aura to the place.

The "bicchus", the occasional gooseberries, a few "kingores"....


And, of course..in front of me...the Sadhubaba's Cave.... went up the stairs. Spent some time. It was the ideal place for meditation for the SadhuBaba....who some say attained "moksha" over here...his disappearance was a mystery. Skeptics say it might have been one of the Big Cats, but who could explain the mysterious ashes.....

I have my own theory about those pixies, though....


Followed the stream....the pebbles, gravelly stream bed were the same......the water flow had weakened. Sad... Anyway, the ledge to the upper right hand side to the right of the waterfalls was "the ledge".....perhaps a wolf, or perhaps something larger....but when bathing underneath the Falls....I had noticed the smell quite often.

The hanging twigs by the waterfalls had a permanent to and fro in tandem with the water's flow.....sitting on a rock, one falls into a hypnotic trance with the sound of the gurgling water moving past......

I have this "adventurous plan" : camping whole night at the base of the gorge..at this very place. Of course, at least 4-5 people should be there.

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