The Sipsey
Wilderness Hiking Club and guests met at the Sipsey River Picnic Area on
Saturday, September 16th, at 8AM.
We drove to the Bunyon Hill Cemetery on FS-224. This is a very old burial site with about 40 graves and only two of them have engraved markers. We then drove to FS-208 and walked into the Bunyon Hill Cave. |
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Then back to the Picnic
Area, lower parking area. We walked under the bridge, turned left and on to the
moonshiners 1936 Ford.
From there we continued upsteam to see the waterfall, alas it was dry. |
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We bushwacked up to the
road and back to the Picnic Area.
We walked downstream to the pavilion built by the CCC in the 30's and had lunch. |
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After a rest but no naps, we drove to the trailhead
for trails 201&202.
Then on to Kinlock Falls and the Kinlock Shelter. The shelter was the best part of the day. |
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The weather was good and we had a great turnout of 17. I think that is the most we have had for one of our outings. It was also a good overview of the Wilderness. |
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