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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 [...]
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 [...]
Uvas Canyon Campout
Number of Comments » 0Hooray, I can check off another overdue “to do” list item: this post and the associated gallery! For the last few years we’d introduced Allison to camping by doing overnighters at Grant Ranch during Independence Day weekend. This year we wanted to attend our annual block party again, and while I enjoy camping at Grant, [...]
