Pickens, Coyotes, and Waterfalls

We are here at Devil's Fork State Park

and apparently Sasquatch has been playing hide and seek here. So much so that they advertise it.

I asked the Camp Ranger if they've had any sightings. She shrugged her shoulders and said, "You never know." Hmm? We'll see. G might do his yells in the evening. Maybe, maybe not. If he does tree knocks and gets an answer back, I may just be a believer!

We are in another "gated community" (they lock the gates at 6PM and open them at 7AM. There is a code to get in if you are out past that time, you know, running the roads and eating "boyled peanuts."
They don't allow alcoholic beverages in the park, so you best do your drinking elsewhere.

Here's our campsite. We sit on the hill and look down.

Behind us is a trail that leads around the lake area. The name of the lake is Lake Jocassee (pronounced JoeCassie). It's a popular place in the spring and summer; apparently they have tours around the lake too. It's really pretty right now. Because the leaves are off of the trees, we can see the lake from our dining room.

This house at one time was the only house on the lake. Now that this place is so popular, there are many more houses on the lake. Notice the other ones around it now.

On the way to the waterfall, we got this spectacular view of the lake.

 

We had to go into The Big Town (Pickens) and do some business (it's the closest town with a WalMart). They also have Coyote Coffee. We found out that is their version of Starbucks. It's actually very good, and cheaper, too. G and I got a White Chocolate Mocha and a White Raspberry Mocha, grande, for $8. Woo Hoo (howling, just like the sign).

Then we took the waterfall hike. We wanted to take one; but we ran into some hikers who told us about another one. So we got two for the price of one! The first one is Spoonauger Falls. The trail is half a mile total, only about 20 minutes to Spoonauger Proper. The trail to the bottom of the falls is wide and easy. Then you take a switchback and go further up. You have to love stepping over tree roots and limbs, etc. LH, where are you and your boots??

lower falls

Spoonauger Falls proper

The next falls trail was really around the corner from the first one. The trail was easily marked. But again, you gotta love tree roots, etc. These falls are Kings Creek Falls. This trail was more narrow and you had to hold onto some trees and be careful with your footing. G calls it "reading the trail." It was supposed to be half a mile; but according to MapMyWalk, it was actually 3/4 mile. G had to take the pictures for Kings Creek Falls. I was done stepping over trees and limbs and inconspicuous tree roots. Besides, this was in my way, too. Again, LH, where are you and your boots???

In case you can't tell, this is a downed tree with a notch in it. You put your foot in the notch and step over it to get to the next part of the path. No way! I was done at this point. Besides, the path was narrower on the other side to see the falls. I let G take the pictures by then. I took a breather.

Kings Creek Falls

Picked up some yummy nuts of goodness again today at the local Picket Post Produce at the corner (boyled peanuts). Redneck heaven for G. Ya'll come back! 😉