wrote on Feb 21^st, 2010 at 7:03pm:

I am sure going in and out of Cache Bay is just like going in and out of Bayley Bay.

Somewhat similar except you will need to cross to the island where the ranger station is located.  You'll get to land at a dock there (something like the Nym put-in).  

The difference between the ranger check-in at PP versus Cache Bay is that the Cache Bay rangers are down right chatty.  I guess it has something to do with the lower traffic level and the necessity of informing you about the dangers associated with travel up/down the falls chain.  In addition, when we were there last May, the ranger was accompanied by a "ranger in training," which took even longer because each check-in step had to be explained to the trainee.  The chat session continued even longer when the ranger got wind of my affiliation with QuietJourney.

My general feeling about checking-in at PP is that they are interested in moving you through as rapidly as possible (I supposed because they are handling vastly more people).

dd