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<\/p>\nFlashback to September 25: the last time we went camping in California, actually.<\/p>\n
I think we drove up Saturday morning and got a campsite at the Pantoll campground. Then we went hiking on the Coastal View fire road, and off the main trail on a small ridge:
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Then we decided to do a short loop on the Dipsea trail (except we forgot how far it really was to the Steep Ravine trail intersection, so it ended up being a long loop). This is an old spring we discovered on a previous hike, very European:
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When we finally made it all the way downhill to the Steep Ravine trail, we promised Leilani a stop to play in the stream. Here she’s sitting on a redwood trunk that’s become a natural bench:
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Then we had to hike all the way back uphill to our campsite, admiring the redwoods along the way:
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A previous camper was nice enough to leave us some fire wood:
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Just two days earlier, Leilani was running around in flip-flops at the Coyote Point Museum and tripped and hit her face on a bench. Miraculously, she didn’t break anything or need any stitches, it didn’t even hurt she said. Also, she has fallen in love with the Glow-worm baby again, treats it like one of her dolls–and for her birthday asked for the little girl Glow-worm baby.
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We’ve been making campfire dinners that we call “hobo meals” ever since Lisa showed us how to. Dice some potatoes, onions, carrots and whatever else into a foil pocket, add salt and oil, and grill in the fire for 15 minutes:
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Fall in the Bay Area: it’s warm and sunny, even mornings on Mt Tam.
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