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So maybe the first sign of things to come, was when I broke Boomer's scale at the trail head...:jerkit:
Anyways, My wife and I had a chance to go on a backpacking trip with Boomstick and his girlfriend this weekend. Big basin again, we started at headquarters and headed for Waddell beach. About 12 to 14 miles depends on who you ask. If you ask me, I think we ended up going 12 the first day, then an easy two to the beach and our pickup car.
Well rain was in the forecast, so we were prepared for that, but noone said it was going to friggin storm on us.
About two hours before we got to came to our campsite, it started to come down, so out with the rain gear. We got to camp and quickly set up the tarp, so we could pitch our tents under it. Then with another tarp underneath it, we had a nice cozy common area.
After the tarp and tents were pitched, Boomer had to go and find a tick buried halfway into his neck! So we spent some time getting that sucker out, thank goodness for the tick tweezers Boomer had.
After that fiasco we had quite a pleasant evening under our tent, staying dry. By the time we went to bed it was coming down in truck fulls, and continued to poor all night. We even got a flash of lightning and a crack of the loudest thunder I've ever heard.
It was a relief to hear the rain was getting lighter as daylight started to break. So we got up for a nice breakfast under the tarp again... ... Then it started to HAIL!!! I just happened to be taking a morning walk along the creek that was in our backyard when I started getting pummeled, but I braved the ice balls to get some pics for you all.
Even with all the excitement we had an EXCELLENT time! Nothing like spending time in God's beautiful country with good company and a smore or two.
Here are some of the pics I took, hopefully Boomstick will chime in soon, as he got more pics of our camp than I did.
Anyways, My wife and I had a chance to go on a backpacking trip with Boomstick and his girlfriend this weekend. Big basin again, we started at headquarters and headed for Waddell beach. About 12 to 14 miles depends on who you ask. If you ask me, I think we ended up going 12 the first day, then an easy two to the beach and our pickup car.
Well rain was in the forecast, so we were prepared for that, but noone said it was going to friggin storm on us.
About two hours before we got to came to our campsite, it started to come down, so out with the rain gear. We got to camp and quickly set up the tarp, so we could pitch our tents under it. Then with another tarp underneath it, we had a nice cozy common area.After the tarp and tents were pitched, Boomer had to go and find a tick buried halfway into his neck!
So we spent some time getting that sucker out, thank goodness for the tick tweezers Boomer had. After that fiasco we had quite a pleasant evening under our tent, staying dry. By the time we went to bed it was coming down in truck fulls, and continued to poor all night. We even got a flash of lightning and a crack of the loudest thunder I've ever heard.
It was a relief to hear the rain was getting lighter as daylight started to break. So we got up for a nice breakfast under the tarp again... ... Then it started to HAIL!!!
I just happened to be taking a morning walk along the creek that was in our backyard when I started getting pummeled, but I braved the ice balls to get some pics for you all.Even with all the excitement we had an EXCELLENT time! Nothing like spending time in God's beautiful country with good company and a smore or two.
Here are some of the pics I took, hopefully Boomstick will chime in soon, as he got more pics of our camp than I did.
