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    Kattt
    BPL Member

    @kattt

    I'll leave most of this to the pictures…
    Adan, his daughter Emma, Greg, my daughter Libby and I met on Saturday morning at the trailhead. We hiked in 5 miles to Vicente Flat where we found a spot that would accomodate two tarps and two hammocks. Sunday morning Greg left to go back and the four of us to a dayhike toward Cone peak. We hiked up about 4 miles, then headed back to have enough time ti do our camp chores. We left on Monday morning.
    This was a great trip with great people. The girls had a lot of fun and did very well with all the uphill and the poison Oak.
    Has to be one of the prettiest trails, as far as ocean views and the variety of landscapes and vegetation.

    The view hiking up along the ocean

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    Greg Gressel, patiently waining for us

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    Libby, Adan,Emma backpacking " light"…

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    Ferns…

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    Hammocks.

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    4of us

    Adan's setup

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    Ladybugs, so many!

    ladybugs

    ladybugs

    lb

    Peakaboo

    peakaboo

    Sunday daytrip

    Daytrip

    creek

    Getting higher

    madrone

    little peak

    Our own little summit

    our own little summit

    Heading back Monday

    back

    back

    adan

    Adan and daughter Emma

    Adan and Emma

    trail back

    Emma and Libby, tired but satisfied

    Emma and Libby

    ocean view

    trail back

    Tarantula on the trail

    tarantula

    #1666437
    Dylan Snodgrass
    Member

    @truenorth

    Locale: San Francisco, CA

    Awesome you guys! The weather was perfect that weekend and the girls looked like they had a good time, sweet. Those ladybugs where crazy. I'm coming next time…

    #1666448
    Casey Bowden
    BPL Member

    @clbowden

    Locale: Berkeley Hills

    I've been waiting for this trip report…

    Wish I could have made it to hike with you and Adan, meet the daughters, etc…

    What a difference a week makes (weather wise)…

    Dylan lives??? Have you been lurking? I sent you a few emails but they bounced back so I thought you decided to stay in baja. Did the French guys complete the loop?

    Love the photo of Adan's beefy stick (for his tarp)!!!

    #1666449
    Casey Bowden
    BPL Member

    @clbowden

    Locale: Berkeley Hills

    The third photo, from the waist up, looks suspiciously like me. Does Greg also hike with a dish towel on his head? I've got to meet this guy.

    #1666456
    Jay Wilkerson
    BPL Member

    @creachen

    Locale: East Bay

    I am way jealous!! Wish I could of maid it- looks like you all had great time– Nice ladybugs!

    #1666529
    David Lutz
    Member

    @davidlutz

    Locale: Bay Area

    Very nice Kat……..was poison oak an issue at all for anyone?

    #1666568
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    Thanks for sharing that Kat. Looks like a great time. Are the hammock users converted?

    #1666586
    Kattt
    BPL Member

    @kattt

    David, I think Emma got some poison Oak, and I already had rashes on my arms and neck and also got a little more, even with all the precautions. I have had some on me pretty much for the last 6 months, so I am just dealing with it.
    Ken, yes, we are converted. After a night in the hammock, I don't even had that bit of back pain that I mostly wake up with at home. And I actually sleep on my back, which I don't in my bed. Finding the right trees is a little harder than I had thought at first though.

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    Adan Lopez
    Spectator

    @lopez

    Locale: San Gabriel Valley

    Great report Kat! Me and Emma had so much fun and she especially enjoyed Libby, Kat's daughter. Another special treat for us was the lively and sometimes raucous owl-calls at night, what a magical place. thanks for havin us Kat! Casey, thanks for noticing! And its good to see Dylan is still in the mix. Greg, thanks not only for your patience but for your funny campfire stories. Emmas light rash was not poison oak after all, so we got out clean somehow. We did scrub down thouroughly with Technu just in case.

    #1666818
    Adan Lopez
    Spectator

    @lopez

    Locale: San Gabriel Valley

    Break

    Summit push

    Great Trail

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    Joshua Billings
    BPL Member

    @joshua

    Locale: Santa Cruz,Ca

    Looks beautiful.Cone peak!

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