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Enjoying California's Heat Wave with a trip to Point Reyes

Post Author:Rebecca
Post published:January 19, 2009
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Point Reyes

California desperately needs rain, but it’s so easy to appreciate the fact that we’re enjoying a wonderful spell of perfect weather in the middle of Janurary. All week it has been cloudless skies with temperatures in the high 60s to low 70s.

Of course I did not know this back in November when I reserved a campsite at Wildcat Backpack Camp at Point Reyes. It’s always a gamble to plan a backpacking trip in advance in winter, but this time the gamble paid off. I invited a group of friends to join me, some of them newbies to backpacking, and managed to look the hero by picking such a perfect weekend. The park was booked solid and the parking lots were full of dayhikers – everyone wanted to be out enjoying the perfect weather.

We met at the Bovine Bakery in Point Reyes Station (a must-visit place – try the goat cheese and spinach croissant) and then hit the trail around 10:30 am. It’s around 6.5 miles in to Wildcat Camp via the Glen Trail and we arrived in camp for a late lunch, followed by a hike down the beach to Alamere Falls. After the falls it was back to camp where we shared a 2.5 gallon keg of homebrew that David carried in for us. This means that I carried the rest of the gear, but it was worth it!

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Dayhike at Point Reyes with the Northern California Hikers

Post Author:Rebecca
Post published:March 16, 2008
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It has been four years since the Northern California Hikers formed and met for the first time. Dave and I had been backpacking in California for a few years but hadn’t connected with any other people who enjoyed it like we did, and I was looking for other people who shared our interest. A post on the backpacker forums about forming a hiking group for people in Northern California caught my attention, and I joined up with the group right at the beginning.

Our first meeting was for a dayhike in Henry Coe, and a short time later we did an overnight backpack in the same park to Los Cruzeros. I knew right away that we had connected with a great group of people, and the rest, as they say, is history. The initial small core of people has grown over the past four years and we’ve gotten to meet many incredible people. We’ve made great friends, shared amazing adventures, and created hundreds of fantastic memories. Thanks, guys!

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