I had a reoccurring dream that our stealth camp site in the small grove of spruce, outside the hamlet of Red Creek was discovered in the morning. In my dream school children were walking by our tarp, as we sleep and throwing rocks and sticks at it.
So, I was a little paronoid about camping on private property, farm land last night...
Actually, in the daylight, as we broke camp, I was impressed with how protected this little spot was. No one could see us from the road, and the thick, mature spruce protected us from last nights cloud burst.
As we walked the road out of red creek, and got a look at the beautiful lush green slanted framland. Flat land in these West Virginia Mts is such a preimum, anything flat enough to pitch a tent on is private property and put to good use.
We hiked in Blackwater State Park. Took a side trail to the lodge and had a great buffet brunch around 10am. After hiking through trail that had transposed itself to creek, we ran into two folks training their beagles to hunt rabits. Here we got a great tip on a place to stay in Davis, the Bright Morning Inn. After hiking thru very soggy state forest we saw Blackwater Falls. There was a huge amount of H2O over the falls, Niagra like. It was short road walk to Davis and a warm bed at the Bright Morning Inn. It was all we had expected. Steak for dinner, It was a great day.
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