South Fork Skokomish River #4

Tried the Upper South Fork Skokomish Trail. The trail up to the National Forest boundary has been recently graded and storm damage repairs were completed. I had read that the first bridge was out, but that there was a tree across the river. Well this was correct, but after 30 minutes of pondering, I turned back. The fact that I was alone, and there was no evidence of anyone else on the trail that day, along with the river running high and fast, I decided to not risk becoming a statistic. Returned to the trail head and went down to Harps shelter for the night. Quiet, peaceful night listening to rocks rolling down the river. One blow down just north of the shelter, but it was easy to skoot under it. Saw one cow elk by the river. Good warm up trip to test my new pack and sleeping bag.