Devil's Millhopper
The weather has been wonderful this past week so Kate and I spent the day outside on a "nature walk" around Devil's Millhopper, a sinkhole in Northwest Gainesville. This sinkhole is a miniature rainforest 120 feet deep made of limestone. It was formed when an underground cavern's roof collapsed. There is lots of lush vegetation and a couple of waterfalls that line the boardwalk that leads down to the bottom. Once upon a time grain farmers found bones and teeth buried in the bottom of the funnel-shaped sinkhole. Legend has it the Devil once fell in love with an Indian princess and captured her near here. Her fellow braves tried to rescue her, but the Devil created the sinkhole. The Indians fell in one by one and were turned to stone if they tried to climb out. The water filling Devil's Millhopper is said to be the collection of tears from weeping braves who could not rescue their princess.
The weather has been wonderful this past week so Kate and I spent the day outside on a "nature walk" around Devil's Millhopper, a sinkhole in Northwest Gainesville. This sinkhole is a miniature rainforest 120 feet deep made of limestone. It was formed when an underground cavern's roof collapsed. There is lots of lush vegetation and a couple of waterfalls that line the boardwalk that leads down to the bottom. Once upon a time grain farmers found bones and teeth buried in the bottom of the funnel-shaped sinkhole. Legend has it the Devil once fell in love with an Indian princess and captured her near here. Her fellow braves tried to rescue her, but the Devil created the sinkhole. The Indians fell in one by one and were turned to stone if they tried to climb out. The water filling Devil's Millhopper is said to be the collection of tears from weeping braves who could not rescue their princess.
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