Jay BP Upper Buffalo

We haven't decided where exactly we'll go yet, but we plan on being in the woods for 3 or 4 days.

Edit: This is going to take place the week of May 25th. I was still playing with the calendar when I posted this, and I realize now that it doesn't show the date when you view only the post. Still working on that calendar doo-dad.

I did the section from the convergence of Big Buffalo Creek and Reeves fork just above Dixon Ford, to the upper Boxley trailhead. Awesome hike. This is definately the time of year to do that hike. I did it in January. The terrain forces you to cross the river several times. Jan. was not the time to cross the Buffalo several times. If you do this section I recommend some good gaiters. The bushwhack along the river is thick with green briar vines.

I am going to do the section from Redstar (west end of Cave Mountain) down to Dixon this fall.

Hey, thanks for the info Hillbilly. It looks like my cohorts aren't going to be able to make it on the date we originally planned, so it's going to be put back a couple of weeks...(which is a bummer, because it's gonna be getting HOT!)

I'm looking forward to it. My backpacking gear is all stacked in one corner of my house, ready to go, and I have to walk passed it every day while I'm yanking cabinets off the kitchen wall, installing new ones, taking the new ones down because the damn microwave doesn't fit right, rehanging them again....

I'm ready to get away from the sounds of power drills and miter saws, and back to the melodies of chirping birds and trickling water...

My hiking buddy Coastie and I are heading for the Upper Buffalo tomorrow after work. We are starting at the west end of Cave mtn road near Redstar and are going to the Boxley trail head. The hike will be an approximate 25 mile bushwhack along Big Buffalo creek and the river. I soloed the section from Dixon ford to Boxley last year in late Jan. The temp was in the low teens and the wind was blowing. That was my coldest trip that I have made. There are alot of sink holes on the limestone benches above the river. I was on the south side about 100 ft above the river walking a bench. I jumped a huge flock of wild turkeys. I was right on the rim of the sinkhole and the birds were in the botom. I think the birds and I both had mild heart attacks when they took flight. I estimate 50+ birds and I was 25 feet from the closest. They took off like a covey of quail when I jumped them.

HBH