Little River Canyon National Preserve

Yesterday, for my birthday, I wanted to go to a national park in Alabama, Little River Canyon because I have never been to Alabama and it's only two hours from where we live.  I had read online that some call it the "Grand Canyon of the East".  It was very beautiful, but not really comparable to the Grand Canyon.  When we first got there we stopped by the Little River Falls and watched a few people kayak down the waterfall.  Below is a video of the second guy going down the falls:



I stopped the video before you see the guy come up.  I was a little worried but he did come up behind the waterfall, we just didn't see it.  It was pretty neat and I wouldn't mind trying this some day.

There were other falls along the river that we saw.   We stopped at all the lookouts that we could see and saw quite a few hawks gliding around the canyon.  It really was a beautiful area and I am glad we went.  I took a few pictures along the way but I feel the pictures really don't capture the beauty of the area.  Check them out below:

Little River Canyon National Nature Preserve