Tuesday, July 19, 2011

TRINITY ALPS WILDERNESS TRIP

WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I WENT ON A TRINITY ALPS WILDERNESS TRIP WE TOOK THREE DAYS OFF WITH OUR KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST JOBS. WE BACKED FOR THREE DAYS IN THE TRINITY ALPS. WE BROUGHT DEHYDRATED FOOD A FISHING POLE AND SOME SMALL CAMP POTS AND A GAS BURNER. WE STAYED AT A SMALL LAKE AND THERE WERE ONLY SEVERAL COUPLES AND A FAMILY THERE. IT WAS IN THE HIGH ALPINES OF CEDAR AND SHRUB FOREST. WE SAW NO BEARS BUT WE KEPT OUR FOOD UP A TREE BY THROWING A ROPE OVER A LIMB AND PUTTING STUFF IN A SLEEPING BAG COVER I MADE.

IT WORKED . IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE. I DO NOT THINK WE TOOK PICTURES BUT WE HAD TAKEN MANY PHOTOS OF HISTORIC AND PREHISTORIC SITES WE RECORDED DURING OUR JOBS. THE TRAIL WE HIKED ON WAS A ROAD THAT TURNED INTO A JEEP TRAIL AND THEN INTO A HIGH TRAIL. WE RESTED AND LOOKED AT THE SCENERY DURING BREAKS. IT MUST HAVE BEEN ABOUT 8,000 FEET HIGH IN ELEVATION.

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