Josh had been planning this backpacking trip since March when we found out we would have a week in between each of our families reunions. He decided to take me to Big Duck Lake, a place he had been to as a young boy scout.
A stop to enjoy the beautiful scenery!
That's me way back there, hunched over, trying to make it up the mountain!
We found the BEST camp spot, where someone had set up rocks to make a pretty sweet living space.
Josh getting dinner started
Josh made a pulley system with rope and put our bear bag up high!
We had been feeling rain drops on and off throughout the evening, and it got pretty cloudy, but we hoped it wouldn't turn into anything more. We hadn't packed any tarps or protection for rain so we were in big trouble if it rained hard!
Before we got into our hammocks to go to sleep, Josh found a huge rock with a pretty good overhang that was almost like a little cave. We decided that if it started to rain, we would get in the cave.
And here we are at 11:00 pm in our cave. We both woke up around 10:00 with rain on our face, sopping wet and the wind blowing us in our hammocks and it was COLD! Josh was pretty frustrated with himself and he didn't think to bring anything, but I reminded him that we "thought" California was in a "drought"?! So what the heck was up with the rain?!
This was the last picture we took, because after this we tried to go to sleep and that just wasn't working. At 1:00 AM we gave up and decided to pack up camp and hike back to the car. We left camp at 2:00 and got back to the car around 4:00, and slept in the van till 6:00.
It was not how we planned it going at all, but we made the best of it and it is definitely a trip we will NEVER forget.
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