"Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.”
― Norman Maclean
Hate I can’t make this. Last year I had a great time even in the pouring rain.
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Hey this is right next door to me! I'mma plan to attend, 'specially since my time available for Yates was just trimmed down . I can be a dish monkey, etc. I would like to get some hiking in, but I'm willing to help out! Looking forward to seeing some (more) setups and meeting y'all gracious people!
Oh, other kitchen help too haha
Hope to be there but not sure I can get off work.
It's a good hang to just chill out by the fire and unwind.
"Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.”
― Norman Maclean
I think they have both flush toilets'/water and showers Koolranch.
Just in case check out the website to make sure we didn't miss anything > https://www.ncparks.gov/falls-lake-s...n-area/camping
MooseMan
North Carolina
"It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them" <Ben Franklin>
You're probably already familiar with this info being from the area but if you were interested in turning your hike into an overnight there are two good options along Section 10 of the MST that runs right past Rolling View.
About 11 miles headed West from Rolling View there is a free MST campsite off of Redwood Rd. It's primitive camping but the MST group has provided picnic tables out there which is nice for cooking dinner, etc. No water but I have filtered straight from Falls Lake before without issue. You do have to do a little bush-whacking to get down to the lake from the campsite but it's not bad.
About 13 miles heading East from Rolling View and you'd be at Shinleaf which is a hike-in State Park campground ($20). The sites are primitive but there is a bath house that is typically open year round (not sure if COVID has changed the bath house status). Sites SL01, SL03, and SL19 are good sites for hammocks that are close to the bath house.
The trail in both directions is all in the woods except for about 1/4 on the Eastbound trail that requires you to walk on the side of Hwy 98 before dropping back into the woods.
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