By : Celeste Rogers (ed. H.Nelson)
The Falls Creek got its name because of its musical & soft caressing water sound among tall straight redwoods. It was a shaded hike to soothe your soul and to be at peace within your heart.
We got off to a late start waiting for late comers. A larger group by Meetup was organized by Steven at the same time and same place that I normally participated every weekend took off for a 10 mile hike.
Hoyt was very kind to warn vehicles coming into the parking area to slow down as there was a huge “pothole” that scraped vehicle bottoms even for the SUVs. Hoyt probably saved a few “broken” hearts that day.
As usual with Hoyt’s hikes, we learned a bit of history along the hike such as about the Lime Kilns, Powder Magazine and the Barrel Mill Area where we rested on fallen logs along the creek and have our packed lunch 
before looping back. The Barrel Mill manufactured parts for barrels that were used for shipping lime. The nearby redwood trees were cut into blocks to be sliced and assembled into barrels.
We took off to an organic winery where the fields have to be left fallowed for 5 years before being certified as organic. The patio of the wine tasting area was a great place to rest and chat before heading home after a lovely, relaxing and cool hike with such soothing water music that I took several recordings of the sound of flowing water.
