Successful first trip of the year

I noticed it was warmer this week than normal so I wanted to do a short trip to test some new gear I got for the holidays.

we just hopped on her bike and started riding until we found somewhere cool to sleep. that didn’t take very long.

We did some exploring to kill time and I ended up having cheese fries and chili, which was probably the best food I had this week!

It was still pretty warm when we went to bed at around 9, it was pretty windy, but my hammock did a surprisingly good job at directing it above me, I was actually extremely warm most of the night.

My friend Evan on the other hand, decided not to bring his mat because he felt it was too warm earlier… he soon realized that was a mistake considering his hammock was more of a mesh material and didn’t keep out any of the wind.

He ended up sleeping on the ground in a pile of wet leaves and managed to get maybe an hour of sleep.

Woke up and had some coffee and headed back home.

Despite only one of us getting a good nights sleep, this was a pretty successful first trip of the year !