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Backpacking in Point Reyes National Seashore
Number of Comments » 2Backcountry camping permit: $15. Dehydrated food: $20. Tank of gas: $50. Taking 7-year old daughter on her first backpacking trip: Priceless. Our Labor Day holiday weekend started a day early, which gave us the opportunity to backpack at Point Reyes National Seashore before the holiday crowds descended on the area like a thick swarm of [...]
Repairing an Aluminum Tent Pole
Number of Comments » 2I bought a Hobitat 4 tent at a recent REI used gear sale. This tent truly appeared to be brand new, but had been returned because two aluminum poles had been split at the ends. That probably happened when a new owner had tried to put the tent up the first time. (Indoors, it seemed [...]
Chilnualna Falls: Backpacking Yosemite
Number of Comments » 0We made a group “early season” backpacking trip to Chilnualna Falls in SE Yosemite in early June. Our destination above the falls was around 6,200′ if memory serves, and most of the snow had melted at that elevation. The river and falls were still raging from the runoff at the higher elevations, which was very [...]
12 of 12, June 2010
Number of Comments » 1Wow, the most-overdue 12 of 12 yet… Sorry about that. July was even worse, when I forgot 12 of 12 entirely! It was a busy month, though mostly in good ways. As noted on the gallery index page, this was a challenging 12 of 12 from a philosophical point of view. How does one create [...]
