Earlier this week a dozen students, along with Alex and Megan, went on a 3 day backpacking "oxpedition" to Point Reyes National Seashore. Starting at the Bear Valley Visitor Center, the group hiked 7 miles to the coastal Wildcat Campground where they set up shop and then walked south to Alamere Falls - a rare "tidefall." The second day proved to be quite a bit more challenging though full of 10 miles of stunning vistas and near-mythical forests as we took the Coast Trail up to the Woodward Trail (HELLO, LARGE SHADELESS MOUNTAIN) to the Mount Wittenberg Trail (HELLO, LARGER MOUNTAIN) to arrive at Sky Camp for the night where we met some less than charming (but very entertaining) raccoons. In the morning, a quick 3 mile jaunt brought us back to the Bear Valley Visitor Center where we piled into the cars and sped off to drown in mole and aguas frescas at El Molino Central in Sonoma.
Special thanks to Sabrina and Kate (organizers extraordinaire!) who can be seen here cooking ramen and probably arguing over it.
Congrats to
Sabrina
Kate
Sydney
Abby
Cam
Emet
Gala
Julianna
Zoe
Juniper
Nilla
&
Eva
for great shows of support, enthusiasm, and resilience.
This is part of a newly instituted program wherein students research, propose, and organize short camping trips - this coming weekend, we are going to Santa Cruz to surf at Steamer Lane and hike in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park.
Wildcat Campground
Day 2: Taking time to journal and nap across from the Farallon Islands (not very visible in the photo)
Day 2 Lunch uphill from Kelham Beach
Day 2: just .5 miles to Sky Camp!
Just arrived at Sky Camp and actively collapsing.
Day 3, morning: Heading out of Sky Camp after a plein air pancake breakfast.
photos: Alex Keilty and Megan Broughton
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