Last
year before this part of this river started getting built up we camped here
many a times. You can drive right down to the river and camp right on it, fish,
or put in your canoe or kayak. Me and Thomas took Kenadi camping here last
summer. It was the first time she had ever got to truly camp in the woods
rather than at a park or campground. She felt like big stuff, I figured her
favorite part would be driving down to it in the truck going through mud and
all the bumps along the way but she ended up falling asleep and taking a nap
the whole drive through the woods haha! It really cracked us up!
Kenadi and Thomas doing a little fishing last summer
This
is probably my all-time favorite spot on the river. Me and Thomas got to see
about 10 deer run through the woods and go down to the river and cross at the
bend. Then we got to see a little baby deer swim upstream past us. This picture
was taken the last good weekend in November 2016 before it really got cold.
The view from the top of Ship Rock will always be one of my favorites
Thomas
went camping here one night that I couldn't go and he carved our initials on
top of Ship Rock. (Apparently he caught hell from all the guys he was with
lol but when he carried me up there and showed me that I thought it was one of
the sweetest things anyone has ever done for me!)
Headwaters of the Sipsey River
One Sunday
afternoon me, Thomas, Justin, and Leroy decided to go find the Big Tree.
Looking back I'm really glad we made it
there because none of us had ever been and went an "unofficial" way
but we made it right to it! We knew we would have to hike out in the dark but
we all had headlamps and flashlights and really didn't care. We went back a
different way (on the trail) and climbed through Eye of the Needle (in the
dark). The things I get myself into hiking with a bunch of boys. They are a lot
of fun to be around though!
Pictures
will not do the Big Tree justice. It's something you just need to see for
yourself!
