Backpacking/Kayaking at Badin Lake - January 2007
01/21/07
This trip started out with lots of emails. No-Show Greer (COP) bailed at the last minute Friday afternoon, but at least he sent the food with Muffin Man. The rest of us eventually gathered at the green arrow by 8:30 PM or so on Friday night. We camped between a gravel road and the lake in a well used pull-off car-camping site.
On Saturday, Muffin M. fixed a breakfast of srimp and grits with cheese. Then part of the group hiked to a lakeside campsite while Infom. and Muffin M. paddled around the lake to the same spot. Eventually the hikers made it to the site and some of them went for a short packless hike to check out other possible campsites and some boulders. The rest took a nap.
Later in the afternoon, we all gathered for dinner. Mr. Dork and PP fixed a nice dinner of rigatoni with a sausage and cream sauce with bread. We spent the evening watching the beautful starry sky and roaring campfire.
On Sunday, after a breakfast of lentils and kielbasa with jelly biscuits, the hikers hiked out and the paddlers paddled. The cold rain started while we broke camp and was coming down pretty good while the hikers rolled in to the parking spot.
Despite the MLK trip's history of being a winter trip, the only ice was found in Golf Boy's sleeping bag. Not to say that he's a cold bedfellow - I wouldn't know. On the contrary, Blister Sister was warmed up quite well by the ice she found in his sleeping bag. Once she wrapped a little foil around the band, it fit her ring finger just fine. =:) During the morning left-hand wahoo ceremony, BS kept putting her hand on top of the pile, but none of us were observant enough to notice the rock, so she had to point it out to us. Sorry you missed that, No-Show!
Congrats Iceman and BS!!!
Another great adventure with great friends!