Rainbow Falls

After we got all packed up and had our camping gear all in the truck we headed over to Rainbow Fall. This was a nice hike to leave on because the trailhead was near Gatlinburg and was on the way home. 

Eric and I are not a huge fan of going through Galinburg but we found the trick is to hit it in the mornings. There is no one really up and around seeing the shops and the traffic is minimal compared to the later morning/ afternoon. 

This trail seemed to be pretty popular. We had to park a good distance from the trailhead but were happy to start on the trail. End had a good start time but there were still a lot of people on the trail. This was a pretty tough trial.

It was uphill the entire way and pretty rocky or had lots of roots from the trees. The boys actually did pretty good with the trail. Thomas was doing well until someone told him that the falls were only like 10 mins from the bridge that we hadn't hit yet. So then I was asked about every 2 mins if we were almost there. 

In the second picture we came across that little waterfall that was not Rainbow Falls but the boys were kinda hoping it was because they were ready to see the falls but then were not too impressed with them anyway so were a little happy that that we had not hiked all this uphill for this little falls.  

Once we turned the corner and see the falls we were all happy to see them and it was a pretty Falls. We found a nice little spot to sit and eat our snacks. After we ate we let the boys and Livvy take off their hiking boots and play in the water a little bit. 

I wasn't able to get a full picture of the falls because they were pretty high, but we were all thought it was work the hike up to see them. After playing around a little bit we were back on the trail heading back to the truck. 

It hike down was faster but still a challenge as well so we were happy to see the truck. After we unloaded we got in the truck and headed out to Galinburg for a special treat for dinner.