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Foothills Backpacking Trip
April 29-May 3, 2009

Upper Whitewater Falls to Laurel Valley
North Carolina and South Carolina
33.4 miles

Date Destination Miles
April 29 Whitewater River 2.0
April 30 Bearcamp Creek 7.0
May 1 Lake Jocassee 11.1
May 2 Laurel Gap Campsite 10.5
May 3 Laurel Valley 2.8

 

Andy Niekamp, Dave Niekamp & Mark Niekamp

The wild flowers were beautiful ...

Dwarf Iris Large Flowered Trillium Flame Azalea
Wake Robin Trillium Buttercup Bluets
Flame Azalea Hawkweed Tulip tree
Crossvine Mountain Laurel Raspberry

Flower Identification By:
Ann Geise

The waterfalls and rivers were beautiful ...

The animals were pretty neat too!

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