Monday, November 9, 2009

John's Meadow Nov. 6-7

Went up to John's Meadow with the LA Meetup backpacker group this weekend. This is my second hike with the group, and both have been a lot of fun. It was a pretty short hike (about three miles) so I decided to try out all of my luxury items.


I brought a fry pan and made pancakes (thanks to Megan for letting me use her Strawberry Shortcake plate), lots of goodies for cooking, and even a bottle (bagged) of wine to share. Good times!


It did get rather cold at night, forecast was for 30 degrees and some of the items that had water in them did freeze. It was rather amusing watching every one move slowly across the camp, following the sun as they went. As soon as it slipped behind the mountain, the beanies and down jackets came out.


One of the group was on her first backpack, and did not know it would get so cold. Several folks loaned her some of there extra items, and she ended up being okay (would have been a long night for her otherwise...she slept in most of what was given to her).




All in all it was a nice weekend diversion, and with a great group of people.