n Friday, June 1, two groups of scouts met at Dave’s house to begin our trip to Big Basin, California’s oldest state park. One group was headed for Huckleberry campground, and the other planned to hike into some of Big Basin’s 18,000 acres of majestic redwoods.
On Saterday June 2, a group of us, packed up our tents and hiked about 10 miles through huge Redwood tree lined paths to our next campsight. The following morning ,on Sunday June 3, we packed up the tents and supplies and hiked 2 miles to the beach were we waited for our rides.
Some of the things we saw on the trip were bannana slugs, butterflys, and we saw this wierd dark blue bird that had a cool looking mohawk on his head.”
The Huckleberry Camp campers awoke to a beautiful sunny Saturday morning and set out for a 5-mile hike along the Sequoia Trail. An easy walk, from park headquarters to Sempervirens Falls, then over Slippery Rock and down an attractive redwood-covered ravine. The hike ends with a return on the Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail. We checked our GPS for geocaches along the way, but unfortunately didn’t manage to find any. Later that night, tired but happy, we had a good dinner and a nice fire circle. We took turns telling jokes until it was time for bed.
Sunday morning, we took a moment in our shaded redwood glen to be thankful for the chance to experience such amazing natural beauty. We packed up just before lunch, and made it back to Dave’s house in time to put away the equipment and head home for dinner.
