Fred and I spent the night of March 9-10 in the forest. Being in the forest when the time changes is kind of strange, because the clock time doesn’t really matter. It didn’t really feel like the sun came up an hour later. 🙂
We set up camp in an undisclosed location. It’s not that it’s a secret, it’s more that we didn’t know where we were, so it was even undisclosed to us! 😉 I’m pretty sure we were somewhere in the Croatan. It’s unlikely that we accidentally crossed highway 58, the White Oak River or Hunters Creek, so we had to be somewhere in between those things. The strange thing was that the hike out was at least 3 times as long as the hike in. Some things just can’t be explained.
We had pretty good weather on March 9. We went out after the rain had pretty much stopped and we didn’t get rained on until almost 23:00, when we were thinking about turning in for the night, anyway. I packed some extra gear, with the expectation that we might need extra cover from the rain.
As we have been getting a significant amount of rainfall in the past 10 days, the streams were flowing nicely, providing both pleasant views and the relaxing sound of water, cascading over tree roots and such. They also make for some pretty photos.
We took our time, leaving on March 10, and we went for a hike after we ditched our camping gear. What a difference it makes, hiking without a heavy backpack! We didn’t stick to the trail on our hike, but we stayed in the general area that is south of Hillfield (a.k.a. Dove) Rd. I was surprised, as nice as it was on Sunday (3/10), that we didn’t run into any other hikers.
Does anyone want to join us for a hike or a camping trip? Don’t hesitate to leave a comment, if you want a hiking buddy, or a tour of the best parts of the [unofficial] Weetock trail!
