7 Levels

Whew,

    I'm tired just thinking about this trip I had a few days ago. My parents wanted to examine this waterfall that people said flowed out of a rock. So we drove to what I think is called Ikere, a town not that far away from Ife.
    When we were driving in that area, I saw beautiful mountain fromations. Huge cliff-like mountains jutted from the ground, to make something close to a wall.
    When we got to the park that the waterfall flowed through, we got out and started hiking. Some rustic-looking steps were put on the path in the beginning, but then it became more difficult to traverse for steep narrow parts would sometimes emerge. We climbed a little, and we finally got to the base of the waterfall.
    The water was very cold, but that was really refreshing if you've been living in 87 degree heat. We couldn't even see where the water fall started because it was still very high up.
    And the only to get up there was to traverse the "steps." The steps are how the park seperates the different levels of the mountain. There are seven steps in all. We were on the first step. The waterfall was on the seventh step. We had six steps to go through if we had wanted to see the waterfall to flow from the rock.
    So we started going up towards the second step. It was a really good climb to strengthen my mountain climbing skills. The trail to the second step was a cliff. There were many places to put your feet and hands, but still it was a very tiresome task. But it was fun!
    When we got to the second step, pretty much everyone was heaving and/or sweating. We called it a day after that, and said we'd get to the top another day. That water fall was beautiful, but I don't know how anyone can see where it originates because it's so high up!

Signing off,
The Traveler