King River Canyon, Grizzly and Roaring River Falls, Stump Meadow

After a short hike in the Tenmile Creek Meadow I drove the Van up past Hume Lake and down into the King River Canyon.

By now the Van is proving itself. The roads were mountainous and curvy, but I was rewarded with some really nice views at turnouts as I made my way further and further into the canyon. I think it was a 5000ft elevation change or so.

I was thinking about camping down here, but as I drove I realized that there was nothing for me. There were tents and R.V.'s already lined up along the highway at any good spots (lots of fishermen) with but a few single in-between spaces available. The campground at the end was huge and fairly busy as well. But I did get to see a few nice waterfalls.

So, I had a little lunch by Roaring River Falls, and then drove the 50-60 miles back up out of the canyon. Back up at the top, I thought I would go see the Boole Tree and maybe find a campsite at the same time on a forest service road. So I drove about 5 miles of fairly rough road before coming to Stump Meadow, below. Theoretically Boole Tree was only a short walk from the meadow, but once again, without the GPS (or any 24K maps .. I only had 100K), I wasn't sure how far it was. And since it appeared to be a 30' incline, I was loathe to try (as I still had to find a campsite for the night).

While checking out secondary service roads off the road to Stump Meadow, I came across a place that I called "top of the world bowl", which I later found out is called "Borrow Pit", but was leary of camping there cuz it was the crest visible for miles and there was not a lot of firewood. But there were some great views.

After going out to the main highway again, I went south to the next service road (at Cherry Gap) and headed north-west on it, the road to the Chicago Stump, and came across a site for the 2nd night ...

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