Day 276: Reaching this unnamed falls in Goat Creek south of Riffe Lake requires a drive of five miles on rough, steep logging road and a mile-long hike on relatively easy trail. What makes it unique is that the foot-path passes behind its eighty-foot free cascade and at the base of a deeply etched grotto of crumbling basalt. Below the trail, the falls encounters a knob of rock over which it gathers itself together again as Goat Creek, resting momentarily in a small plunge pool before continuing down its valley. It has its one moment of glory here, a gauzy gossamer veil of water set amidst emerald mosses and skyscraper trees, singing its swan song as it dives to the rocks below, nameless and magnificent.
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