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Me, Justin Baker, Kyle (crimescene450) and Kyle's friend went out this weekend for a little camping trip just north of San Francisco on Mount Tamalpais. We set out early to get a good camping spot, upon arival we were notified that they were doing construction on some water lines and the campground was closed, they told us to head up the street and that there was a reserve only place there. We headed onward, making our way from redwood forests to the coast. I slept in my first tarp shelter, and loved it. We did some flint and steel fires, muffin baking, cordage making, and a ton of other stuff. It was a really great trip, many memories made.
The scene at the entrance to our campground.
The camphost was great and let us pick out a camp site, there weren't many in the place, I think maybe 10, unless there were more further down the coast somewhere. This is the site we chose, number 3, Camp Starfish.
My first ever tarp shelter, this turned out to give me one of the best nights sleeps I've ever had outside. I added a bit more wind protection as the day went on. Here it is, a tarp with a reusable space blanket on the bottom and up a bit to provide heat reflection, worked great.
This is it right after setting up.
This is it a little later in the day, I borrowed Justins tarp to add a wind break.
Doing some exploration
Conner and Kyle
Some of the coast
We hung out a bit at the rocks, on the walk back Kyle showed us a bunch of plants and their uses. Back at camp it was about time to get the fire going. My fire prep kit
Justin blowing the flames to life
Cooking some food, notice the bushcraft Cheez-Its
Hanging around the fire
Getting a little bit darker in the day now
The sun started setting, pretty much our entire field of view was ocean, you could see the curves of the earth.
Justin drinking some hot chocolate
Me drinking some hot chocolate out of my trusty friend, the Kupilka
More coast shots
Spork has a thread going about kettle baking, it inspired me to try my hand at it. I picked up some Guyat squishy bowls, which turned out to be absolutely fantastic for baking. I cut the bottom off of Connors soup can and put some holes in the top to allow steam to get up.
I put it in the bottom of the pan and added a little water, just under the top of the pot stand thing.
Mixed up some just add water blueberry muffins and put it in the squishy bowl. Put the bowl on top of the stand.
Finished product, it took about 30 minutes, came out fantastic though, surprised me how well it tasted actually.
The next morning, cloudy and cold, it got down to about freezing last night.
The sun peaking through the clouds on the ocean.
The crew
After we packed up we decided to go for a day hike, because our camp site was only about 500ft in and we werent tired enough. Some shots of Muir woods, we did a nice 3 mile loop, huge redwoods everywhere.
Thanks for looking.
Kyle posted more pics and a video a few posts down.
The scene at the entrance to our campground.
The camphost was great and let us pick out a camp site, there weren't many in the place, I think maybe 10, unless there were more further down the coast somewhere. This is the site we chose, number 3, Camp Starfish.
My first ever tarp shelter, this turned out to give me one of the best nights sleeps I've ever had outside. I added a bit more wind protection as the day went on. Here it is, a tarp with a reusable space blanket on the bottom and up a bit to provide heat reflection, worked great.
This is it right after setting up.
This is it a little later in the day, I borrowed Justins tarp to add a wind break.
Doing some exploration
Conner and Kyle
Some of the coast
We hung out a bit at the rocks, on the walk back Kyle showed us a bunch of plants and their uses. Back at camp it was about time to get the fire going. My fire prep kit
Justin blowing the flames to life
Cooking some food, notice the bushcraft Cheez-Its
Hanging around the fire
Getting a little bit darker in the day now
The sun started setting, pretty much our entire field of view was ocean, you could see the curves of the earth.
Justin drinking some hot chocolate
Me drinking some hot chocolate out of my trusty friend, the Kupilka
More coast shots
Spork has a thread going about kettle baking, it inspired me to try my hand at it. I picked up some Guyat squishy bowls, which turned out to be absolutely fantastic for baking. I cut the bottom off of Connors soup can and put some holes in the top to allow steam to get up.
I put it in the bottom of the pan and added a little water, just under the top of the pot stand thing.
Mixed up some just add water blueberry muffins and put it in the squishy bowl. Put the bowl on top of the stand.
Finished product, it took about 30 minutes, came out fantastic though, surprised me how well it tasted actually.
The next morning, cloudy and cold, it got down to about freezing last night.
The sun peaking through the clouds on the ocean.
The crew
After we packed up we decided to go for a day hike, because our camp site was only about 500ft in and we werent tired enough. Some shots of Muir woods, we did a nice 3 mile loop, huge redwoods everywhere.
Thanks for looking.
Kyle posted more pics and a video a few posts down.
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