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Thanks to P-C, i had a good night's sleep here in Portola Redwoods. My sleeping bag must be about 38 years old, and we used it camping in the Carolinas in the summer. P loaned us her pair of mummy bags, and i cinched myself up in the cocoon last night. Snug and warm! And i discovered that if my jeans are under my knees, my lower back does a little better, too.
We're now pondering whether we should get matching thickness sleeping mats. Christine's is thicker, so she rolls off of it. Mine is a thinner hiking weight pad, suiting my dreams that we will get beyond car camping some day. I should see if i can get a used one like hers: if i'm honest with myself, we're probably car camping for a few more years. Josie the Jeep has to get stronger before we can do dispersed camping in the Sierras, and that would be next.
The long daylight allowed us to dawdle getting out of MV without it affecting our evening. We were here at our site about 4ish. We set up camp, and then Christine napped for a while.
We'd bought a box of "green" firelogs (clean burning, recycled materials, safe to cook over), so we passed on buying the firewood for sale by the rangers. At our site we found remnants of several different collections of firewood, and i laid out a good fire with one of our logs and some of the fire wood.
I wrote some long overdue notes while Christine rested. The Stellar's Jays observed me intently.
We had a good hike, with much more length and climb than i'd intended, but it took us away from the campgrounds and the sounds of screaming kids. It also was up the eastern side of the canyon, so it was still in light. I was trying for shots of wildflowers, finding the manual focus on my little pocket camera a challenge. I saw the strangest stalk of orchid-like blossoms and i think i did get an in focus shot of that. I am delighted: while i'm sure i've not made a botanical discovery for the world, it is a botanical discovery for me.
We came back to camp and set our fire alight, and threw the foil wrapped mixed marinated veggies in the flames.
[Must eat breakfast.]
Observations
I'd made stove "fuel cells" with left over candle wax, cardboard, and cat food tins. My god, do they produce soot. Decided: i'll keep making them, but they're earthquake supplies. And Christine really likes the gas canister stove -- maybe we'll get another of those, eventually.
Tea bags remove soot
Things to remember for next time:
Trash bags
hankerchief
napkins
dirty linen bag
small spatula? metal -- like an icing spreader?
Things to make
Pouch for crowbar and mallet
We're now pondering whether we should get matching thickness sleeping mats. Christine's is thicker, so she rolls off of it. Mine is a thinner hiking weight pad, suiting my dreams that we will get beyond car camping some day. I should see if i can get a used one like hers: if i'm honest with myself, we're probably car camping for a few more years. Josie the Jeep has to get stronger before we can do dispersed camping in the Sierras, and that would be next.
The long daylight allowed us to dawdle getting out of MV without it affecting our evening. We were here at our site about 4ish. We set up camp, and then Christine napped for a while.
We'd bought a box of "green" firelogs (clean burning, recycled materials, safe to cook over), so we passed on buying the firewood for sale by the rangers. At our site we found remnants of several different collections of firewood, and i laid out a good fire with one of our logs and some of the fire wood.
I wrote some long overdue notes while Christine rested. The Stellar's Jays observed me intently.
We had a good hike, with much more length and climb than i'd intended, but it took us away from the campgrounds and the sounds of screaming kids. It also was up the eastern side of the canyon, so it was still in light. I was trying for shots of wildflowers, finding the manual focus on my little pocket camera a challenge. I saw the strangest stalk of orchid-like blossoms and i think i did get an in focus shot of that. I am delighted: while i'm sure i've not made a botanical discovery for the world, it is a botanical discovery for me.
We came back to camp and set our fire alight, and threw the foil wrapped mixed marinated veggies in the flames.
[Must eat breakfast.]
Observations
I'd made stove "fuel cells" with left over candle wax, cardboard, and cat food tins. My god, do they produce soot. Decided: i'll keep making them, but they're earthquake supplies. And Christine really likes the gas canister stove -- maybe we'll get another of those, eventually.
Tea bags remove soot
Things to remember for next time:
Trash bags
hankerchief
napkins
dirty linen bag
small spatula? metal -- like an icing spreader?
Things to make
Pouch for crowbar and mallet
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