Over the weekend we had a fantastic time camping at Palomar Mountain State Park with Merrik’s Cub Scout Pack 705. The location was amazing. It only took us a couple of hours to get to the site and we were completely immersed in the mountain ecosystem at 5500′ elevation. Our site was shaded by oak, incense cedar and Ponderosa pine. We arrived just as it was getting dark and we set up camp by lantern. When we awoke the next morning…
Our campsite (surfboards standing against fence)
Daddy’s Girl
Last weekend, instead of hanging out inside out of the wind, cold, fog and wet we were basking in the warmth of a tropical day and balmy night at San Clemente State Beach. We packed up the car with more stuff than we usually have for a week away and drove down the hill to the State Beach campground right behind Merrik’s school. We…
We set out on a somewhat spontaneous camping trip this weekend. I found a site available to book online at the San Clemente State Beach instead of having to go down to the park and put our name in a lottery. We loaded up the car on Saturday with so much stuff I thought we were going away for a week. In fact, we were going 5 minutes away for 1 night. A bit different packing than my mountaineering…