This year we had family and friends join us and it made the trip even better. Roberta, Emiliano's mom, stayed every night and drove to work in the mornings. His dad stopped by for a while to banter with us and have lunch with his wife at Nepentehe. His uncle Mike and cousin Kate came along as well. Kate is 13 and had never been camping before and Mike hadn't been since he was 15. Our friend Jordan stopped by with her two lil cute ones. A good time was had by all.
This year was like the wild kingdom right outside our tents. Here's a list of what we saw
~ condor
~ hawks doing the classic hawk screech
~ turkey vultures
~ ground squirrels including a very obese or pregnant one
~ grey tree squirrels
~ stellar jays
~ raccoons
~ and an all too close encounter with a skunk who was trapped between us trying to get into our ten and two raccoons who were trying to eat our trash
The last item resulted in mandatory look out buddies for midnight potty breaks. Like I said, wild kingdom right outside our tent.
We found a new spot that was off the beaten path and had an awesome swimming hole in the river. I can't tell you were it is cause it's a secret. Ha ha.
All in all it was a great trip. I mostly slept, ate and traveled from one sleeping or eating place to the next, but at least it was beautiful and I got out of the house and got some exercise. So what if I hiked a mile then slept an hour then hiked a mile back.
Here are some photos to prove we were there. Check out my awesome outfit.
I forgot to mention the rattle snake and the seal. The rattle snake was coiled up on the trail out to Andrew Molera and we got a hiss and a rattle from it. That was pretty exciting in a geeky nature dork kind of way.
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