Cunningham Falls State Park
is located in the picturesque Catoctin Mountains. It got its name from
the 78-foot waterfall that is within the park. Cunningham Falls are
the largest cascading waterfall in the state. The falls is locally known
as McAfee Falls.
The two RV Gypsies decided that they wanted to see these falls. When
they parked their truck in the parking lot, they saw two signs - one
said "Falls Lookout" and the other said "Falls trail"
so they decided to take the Falls Trail because they wanted
to get to the waterfall, not just a lookout. They knew that was longer
than the lookout trail but did not care about that.
Well, this trail was steep and nasty and exhausting. Karen Duquette
really hated it. The sign should have warned that it was an extremely
difficult trail. Even young people were complaining. After finally reaching
the end of the trail - guess what -- it came out to the same place as
the shorter, beginner trail that was labeled to the Overlook.
Karen Duquette was fuming mad. The signs were misleading, and the two
RV Gypsies felt that they suffered that hard painful trail for nothing.
Of course they took the easy short route back. And they did not even
get good photos because of the idiots actually on the waterfall rocks.
So many people risk their lives at waterfalls by walking where they
should not. It is up to each person to keep themselves safe by not making
stupid decisions. Everyone is responsible for their own safety no matter
where they are or what they do. Anyway, in summary, it was a bummer
of a hike for Lee and Karen Duquette, but the falls was okay.
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