Kilgore Falls

Swimming here as a child was such an incredible experience--the hike through the woods and stream, the waterfall, the rock steps into the side to climb up to the top and

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into the deep pool at the base of the falls. This is where they filmed the waterfall scene in Tuck Everlasting (see link) and thinking about the notion of living for forever (and choosing not to) is something I always thought about here. It was meaningful to me as a child that of all the places that Jesse could be--and he had a lifetime--it was here that resonated with him so much. It is truly a magical, otherworldly place. A place out of time.