We want to
get an early start today so we can get a hike in before the heat of the
day. Rather than cook a big breakfast
and then clean up from it, we decide to run into town and get breakfast
there. What? The power is out all
through the valley and has been since midnight???? Well, we drive on to another little town and find
a place with power. It is at a small
airport for private planes. Tasty and
very local.
Our hike
today is again about 3-4 miles and starts at the Hospital picnic area. We walk
along the closed road to one of the closed campgrounds. We’re following the river upstream. After about 2 miles, we get to the closed
campground. Sure looks fine to us and we
don’t understand why it’s closed. The
path narrows once we’ve passed the campground. We go about another mile and
catch up with the river. There is a
pedestrian bridge which we cross. Wow
that’s a powerful, fast-moving river! I
can certainly see why there are frequent signs warning people of the drowning
danger. Of course, I think anyone would
have to be really stupid to think they could go too near the river. We walk a little past the bridge and find
some big rocks to sit on next to the river.
The spray from the waterfall is totally refreshing! The way back to the car is much easier as it
is almost entirely downhill.
We end up
eating our lunch at the campsite. I find
two trees where I can hang my hammock.
Naptime!
One of the
other campers tells us that behind site number 16, there is a path down to the
river that isn’t too steep. (There are 3
different rivers that come together in this area. The one by our campsite isn’t the one that we
hiked along earlier today). There is an
area of backwater where it is actually safe to wade a little bit. The temperature next to the river is a good
10 degrees cooler than at the campsite.
We hang there for quite awhile.
The other camper comes back with her husband and their 2 dogs. The dogs are having a blast in the
water. I know they have to be hot
too.
Another nap
in the hammock. Camping life is tough……
Thunder! A few drops of rain. I get the hammock down and put away. We batten down the hatches around camp. Wind is picking up. Well, that’s about it. Never materialized into much but it did
really bring the temperature down which was nice.
Threat of
rain is gone so we make our dinner of raspberry porkchops, rice, Caesar Salad
and watermelon for dessert.
My computer
screen is the only light around and the gnats are drawn to it. I think it’s time for bed.
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