Pigeon River Campground

The Pigeon River State Forest Campground, while a nice little rustic campground, was definitely a stark contrast to quiet of the trail. Families cooking on grills and bathing suit clad campers carrying inflated tubes were all bustling around, enjoying the nice (hot) weather and the cool water. One such family stopped me to talk, they had a young Aussie at home. They were curious about Mira's pack and decided that their energetic four-legged family should start carrying their own trail goodies. I made a couple of stops at the river to let Mira wade in, get a drink and cool her paws before heading on. We reached the 6 miles split and kept heading heading north through the pines toward the 10 miles split where we would head west to check