China Camp, CA
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
