Princess Falls, Lick Creek Falls, Kroger Arch, Yamacraw Bridge

October 17, Mile 232 -238: Princess Falls is an appropriate name for this petite but royal fall of water. Since it is more to human scale, it invites a visitor to lounge and refresh as the stranded islanders did in Blue Lagoon. This area is definitely not tropical, but up Lick Creek is exotic. The upper valley is too rugged for horse or atvs to access, so a hiker feels more remote. Like most valleys that wind up from the Big South Fork to the ridge, you'll find a perched rim of a cliffline, snaking along at certain elevation contour with occasional passes. The narrow ridges of the Red River Gorge make it easier for us to see its cliffline, but the Big South Fork canyon hides its cliffs in deep, secret ravines.