Lake Jocassee - Day 2

This is the second of three entries about my three-day vacation at Lake Jocassee in South Carolina. Day 1 of the trip is covered in my first entry.

For the second day of our vacation, my mom and I paddled to Wright Creek Falls on the Thompson River arm of the lake. I had gone to this waterfall the last time I was here, but that excursion was kind of rushed because I rented a kayak from the park that I had to return by 6 PM. I had done a creek walk on the Thompson River that day, which didn’t leave much time to see anything else. Today, we had originally wanted to see the waterfalls on the northeastern arm of the lake (where the Horsepasture and Toxaway Rivers feed in), but that was too long for and out-and-back paddle, and all the kayak shuttles were booked. We opted to just do Wright Creek Falls so my mom could see at least one of the significant waterfalls.

( Click here for the full Day 2 trip report with pictures and videos )

We made it back to the boat ramp and loaded the kayaks into the truck just as it started to rain, although it wasn’t a torrential downpour like earlier. We had paddled 10.4 miles today, according to my fitness tracker (although that also includes my brief waterfall scrambles). That’s about what the distance would have been if we had taken a kayak shuttle to the more distant waterfalls and paddled back to the park. We drove back to the villa and had hamburgers for dinner. I also ate two cupcakes, because screw my arteries! Also, note to self: bring a Brita pitcher or bottled water if you ever stay in a Devil’s Fork State Park villa again, because the tap water here is wretched.

Day 3 of the trip is covered in my third and final entry.