The final COOLING of 2024 was perhaps misnamed and should have been called THE HOTTING 🥵! We survived hundred degree temperatures and live to tell the tale. Like all good ruffians, we planned on roughin’ it and came prepared with such things as sunscreen and a bit of shade. Unfortunately, those things were NO MATCH for THE HEAT, but we made the best of it, availed ourselves of the free showers to keep wet/kinda cool, and had the best time.

We are looking forward already to a fantastic COOLING season of 2025 and hope our tales of intrepid adventure and slight ineptitude have inspired you to take the leap and COOL with us next year 📆.

COOLMOVES

The Goodness

  • Wildlife: Coyotes yipping in the night 🐺, Mouse in the bathroom 🐁–some ladies chased it out, Woodpeckers, Bozzy’s Beetlemania 🪲 (Eleodes Aramata)!
  • Good site: trees and spaciousness, good view, close to hiking trails
  • Bathroom was a trek away made better by using the bicycles 🚲, especially at night
    • Free showers saved lives to help cool off
  • Lauren/Steve’s shade structure, attached to the back of their car, kept us protected from the hot afternoon sun ☀️
  • Saw epic full moon rise over the hills on the Summer Solstice 🌝
  • Gear updates:
    • New water carrier
    • Baby pool for baby play and Bozzy drinking 💧
    • BUBBLES 🫧
    • First use of shade cover on hiking backpack

Food Achievements

Things Learned

  • Steve explaining astronomy using interpretive dance 🕺: the full moon always rises at the same time the sun sets
  • First time Ali and Ivan rode mountain bikes (but only to get to the bathroom, but it was still fun!).
  • It’s hard to stay alive in the heat 🔥–much less do things like crafting or playing card games.
  • Camp had good firewood 🪵

Biker Mountain

Attendees
  • Ali, Ivan, Phoebe, Bozzy
  • Lauren, Steve
Site 35
Checkin 3pm
Checkout 1pm
Max vehicles 2
Max occupants 8
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