China Camp, CA

Sarah in front of a firepit where we made some noodles (and then accidently dumped half of them). It was a fun weekend of camping and hiking.

Below are some notes from my camping trip with Sarah. I never did get around to writing a full report, but it was a fun trip of driving, camping, and hiking. Photos are here however.

Food

• Dinner entre: Bengal lentils, Tasty Bite Brand, from Trader Joe’s, with pita bread
• 2nd dinner entre: Roasted garlic and sundried tomato angel hair pasta, also from Trader Joe’s
• Desert: organic chocolate bar
• Breakfast: “hot vanilla” (condensed skim milk and vanilla protein powder)
• peanut butter and bread
• carrots
• granola
• Esbit stove worked great! (used 4 Esbit solid fuel pellets total for dinner and breakfast)

Camping

• put tent on leaf-insulated ground, did not use sleeping pad or pillow, worked great, stayed warm
• Wore fleece socks, thermal underwear, and “quick-draw” fleece hat during night, gloves
• during day: running shoes, 2 pairs nylon socks, thermals, waterproof shell. stayed comfortable, no blisters
• high 40s throughout night
• spoon good enough for all foods except for maybe noodles
• did not need compression sack for sleeping bag
• pack weight, with food and water, was under 30 lbs! And can do better still…

Hiking Route:

• California Hiking book was totally wrong for this hike, authors on crack
• Trails: Skyline–Ranger Station–Oak Ridge–left on Miwok for 90 feet–right on Bay View Trail–Skyline trail. 12 miles