Saturday morning we got up and got our gear ready. We left our apartment at 9:30ish am to drive to Henry Coe. We had to make a couple of pit stops along the way to get needed supplies. It didn't rain on our way up to the park, which was a very windy and narrow road indeed.
We checked in with the rangers and paid our dues and they recommended that we go to the Madrone Springs campsite. Mind you, we are backpacking our way to our spot. The hike to our area was all down hill to the point it was hurting my toes so we had to stop a few times to let them get some time off. The way down was all switchbacks and downhill, which Joel imagined it would be since it is by a spring.
We got to our site which was only meant for two campers at a time to camp, it was only us there. We set up our equipment, which was all lightweight for carrying purposes. Joel and I ate our campers food which is freeze dried beef stroganoff, all you have to do is add water let seep and its good to go.
It was cold and started to downpour on us so we chilled in our tent. I forgot to bring any games so we talked and read books. We also tried to find a comfy spot to lay in which I of course, got the side with a huge dip in the middle of my back. Long story short I didn't get any sleep, Joel got about 2 hours worth.
Our tent, a North Face, 2 persons tent, is only rated for 3 seasons, which didn't include winter (rain). So our tent was soaked on the side from all the rain and we were freezing. I got Joel up real early so we can hightail it out of there.
Remember how I told you our trek was all downhill, well we had to go opposite so it was all UPHILL with mean switchbacks. It took us 3 hours just to get flat ground. It was miserable because our packs got heavier when it rained.
On our journey to the headquarters to our truck we met a cool guy who was good company on our way to our truck.
We learned our lesson, never trust tent reviews, especially if it has to do with rain.
Overall the sites were beautiful and just chatting with Joel was worth the trip.
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