We used our air-shoes to cross the Borden Creek fork, which I almost walked Right passed thinking we still had a ways to hike. I missed the sign-post entirely. Funny how the place seems To have gotten smaller.
We got there early and found a really cool campsite in a cove just off from the river.
Our site even had it's own waterfall off sorts. I was able to hold out my cooking pot to fill it up. Would've made for a great shower too.
We setup our hammocks and I took a little cat-nap while Matthew explored before setting up.
I took a lot of pix. The poison Ivy was out in-force. A caught a 'tick' crawling up my leg, but the bugs were at a minimum, probably didn't even Need to use bug-spray. In fact, I only put it on, as a precaution, 'after' i caught the tick. We didn't use any that evening or the entire next day.
We had Zataran's dirty rice mixed with Tyson chicken chunks for dinner.
Had a small campfire and went to bed early.
I didn't have a watch. We woke up, had coffee/cocoa/oatmeal, packed up and hiked out - didn't do any additional hiking Sunday morning. We got back to the car at 10:15am.
The noise from the waterfall/shower, and the surrounding rock structure drowned Out any of the night noises. Which is good, or bad, depending on Your point of view.
I didn't sleep well until I put on my long underwear (which I was glad I brought). Not that I was cold, it just felt comfortable.
The tent (Sierra Designs - Flashlight Clip2) was great, the way It's designed/sloped directs all the condensation out the front but still retained it's heat. Was easy to get in/out of - even for two people.
There was a large group of about 20, from B-ham, that left the trailhead just minutes after us. I was afraid they were going to stop at the falls also but they continued on in and we didn't see them again.
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