The destination was San Mateo Wilderness (north of San Diego).
Weather reports were: rain, rain, and more rain.
God really blessed us because Saturday and Sunday could not have been more beautiful backpacking weather: Not too Hot; Not too Cold.
Here's Day One when we are still clean and not stinky!
The hills were beautiful, and we didn't have to fight any crowds (in fact I think we saw about a total of approx 15 people the entire trip)!
Here's where we were searching the hills for the first campsite. We decided to go back a bit to a better location we had already passed.
If you can find her, Jeanine found a great spot to rest...Chris was high above looking for a spot.
Tobin coming back after giving up.
Water was a bit sparse on the trip...don't go in the summer, you won't have anything! But we made do when we had it...Despite the cow manure pasture!
Here's the site we decided on. It was the maiden voyage for our Mountain Hardware tent...it was great!
This is how I felt in the morning...a little blurry!
This is how I felt in the morning...a little blurry!
Chris and Jeannine
A couple that loves the outdoors...even with crazy conditions,
A couple that loves the outdoors...even with crazy conditions, a few blisters, and sore joints...it's all part of the adventure!
Brian and Tobin enjoying lunch on the second day. I ate this packaged halibut, it was not too bad...but everything smelled a bit fishy the rest of the trip. Wouldn't recommend that in the future!
Teneja Falls, a bit small, but pretty in it's own way none the less (mostly because we were getting closer to our second night's campsite).
We don't have any photos of our campsite the second night. It was a bit of an adventure because we kept looking for water. The map showed several springs, but unfortunately, they were all dried up! So by the time we realized that much of the trail was just going to keep heading up hill and not provide much of a place to camp, it was dark! We actually turned around and went back to a junction in the trail, and literally pitched our tents in an off-shoot of the trail. It started raining sometime in the middle of the night, and both our tents weathered the storm well! We packed up camp quickly and slogged our way through the mud back to the car. Thankfully it was a short 5 miles because we had done more mileage on the second day. Thankfully, all of us stayed fairly dry (underneath our rain gear), and made it back to the trail head! It was a great weekend!
The five of us with our gear in the rain!
Brian and Tobin enjoying lunch on the second day. I ate this packaged halibut, it was not too bad...but everything smelled a bit fishy the rest of the trip. Wouldn't recommend that in the future!
Teneja Falls, a bit small, but pretty in it's own way none the less (mostly because we were getting closer to our second night's campsite).
We don't have any photos of our campsite the second night. It was a bit of an adventure because we kept looking for water. The map showed several springs, but unfortunately, they were all dried up! So by the time we realized that much of the trail was just going to keep heading up hill and not provide much of a place to camp, it was dark! We actually turned around and went back to a junction in the trail, and literally pitched our tents in an off-shoot of the trail. It started raining sometime in the middle of the night, and both our tents weathered the storm well! We packed up camp quickly and slogged our way through the mud back to the car. Thankfully it was a short 5 miles because we had done more mileage on the second day. Thankfully, all of us stayed fairly dry (underneath our rain gear), and made it back to the trail head! It was a great weekend!
The five of us with our gear in the rain!
Hi Christy! Your backpacking trip looks great! How have you been? I catch up with your dad every so often; he's so proud of you, of course. :)
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