2006 Sequoia Camp-out
Another year, another camp-out. This is the 10th year since the revival of what was the Kings Canyon Camp-out. I'm including 1998 where we didn't quite make it all the way to the park. In 2001 the trip was expanded to two nights, the first in Kings Canyon and the second in Yosemite. That didn't work too well so in 2002 we spent the first night in Kings Canyon and the second night in Sequoia National Park. We did the same in 2003, ignoring the side trip to Fresno by Carl and Fred. Since 2004 we've been spending two nights at the Buckeye Flat campground in Sequoia National Park.
Several potential campers had to change their plans for various reasons. At 7 AM on Saturday four of us, Marc, Carl, Tom, and Rich, left the donut shop for breakfast in Hollister. We didn't wait for Jerry. We never do. Jerry got to Hollister just as we were finishing breakfast, a bit later than his usual arrival time of just as we finished ordering. In breakfast club tradition we left him at the restaurant assuming he'd eventually catch up.
Overcast sky
Blue sky toward the east
Tom
Carl
Rich
The weather was cool and overcast all the way until Coalinga with temperatures hovering around 60 degrees. Jerry cought up with us at the intersection of SR 25 and SR 198.