Backpacking in Point Reyes National Seashore
Backcountry camping permit: $15.
Dehydrated food: $20.
Tank of gas: $50.
Taking 7-year old daughter on her first backpacking trip: Priceless.
Our Labor Day holiday weekend started a day early, which gave us the opportunity to backpack at Point Reyes National Seashore before the holiday crowds descended on the area like a thick swarm of touristy locusts.
We started off with a nice lunch at the Station House Cafe in Point Reyes Station, then drove into the park to pick up our backcountry permit at the large visitors station. Permit obtained, we drove to the trailhead and off we went, on the first backpacking trip for both Allison and Carrie.
On the drive home we stopped at Moylan’s Brewery for lunch before making the drive back to San Jose. There was a lot of fog – and even more traffic – at the Golden Gate Bridge, but luckily both cleared up nicely after the toll plaza.
A wonderful time was had by all!
Point Reyes Backpacking – Gallery
Lots of great photos, as usual! Fantastic to see Allison’s enthusiasm for the trip. 🙂 I feel so old – just from seeing her in photos she’s looking so much more grown up – and like Carrie! The GGB photos in fog are awesome, you look great in the starlet’s sunnies, peering out of the tent is great. I think a plant escaped my photographs and has gone wild in CA! No idea what it is. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cragg-ohlsson/4299276847/in/set-72157623272275348/
September 6th, 2010 at 5:03 pmThanks!
I have no idea what that flower is either… I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s not native, although I suspect they’d get pulled out these days if it wasn’t. Your photo looks to be of the same flower, so maybe some seeds fell out of the interwebs on the way over here. ;^) They sure looked nice, whatever they are.
September 6th, 2010 at 6:34 pm