YAY! I'm going camping this weekend. Going to Big Basin State Park and am going to backpack the Berry Creek Falls trail to the Sunset campsite. It's just an overnight trip - leave Saturday morning and come back on Sunday. But it should be fun.
I've made this trip once before. It downpoured the entire hike back from the campsite. We were soaking (and I mean SOAKING) within the first hour of the hike. I do have a rain cover for my pack now, as well as some rain gear for me, thanks to that trip. Luckily, it's the middle of June and the weather is suppose to be clear and warm with no chance of precipitation.
I am getting a bit nervous about the hike itself though. I remember the hike up the falls themselves as being really difficult and scary. At least at one particular point. I don't like heights, especially when everything is wet (since you are next to the falls) and there are lots of slippery rocks and moss all around you. And, well, it just goes down and down and down. I was also in better shape physically the last time I did this.
Though, the more I think about it, I did make it up, all in one piece. I needed a hand getting over that one point (had to take my pack off and hoist it up separately). And, well, there is nothing saying that you can't have help on the trail. Not going to get a metal at the end for doing it all on my own.
Oh, I'll be alright. I'll be outdoors all weekend with someone I love. What more could I want?
