Came home from camping at Red Rock Canyon State Park yesterday. If you are a SoCal local or visiting the area, I highly recommending the trip. I was a little bummed that there was no cell service once you got into the camp ground, but I have to admit after the first day I didn’t miss it. Our lives have become so connected through technology that it’s almost like a drug that you need to kick every so often.
I left Saturday morning at 5:30am with my two cups of coffee, ipod and a bottle of water at my reach.
I arrived at the camp grounds at 8:00am. The weather was about 56 degrees and a little breezy. My parents arrived about 15 minutes later. Luckily the park was pretty empty at the time so most of the spots where open.
We took site number 13 which I think was one of the best after walking the rest of them. We had restrooms and water right across the road from our site. The camp sites back up against an amazing work of nature.
The hills of Red Rock are mostly made of sand and clay. Over the past million years or so, the rain has created the coolest formations.
We went for a short 2 mile hike after setting up camp and then I went out for a 3 mile run. There are quite a few trails around the area, but a lot of them are dry washes, so it’s a lot of sand running.
MapMyRun.com link
That night we heated up the chili I made and sat around the fire and watched the stars and satellites. That night it got down to 26 degrees and there was frost on everything the next morning. My dad and I have always been early risers, so we were in bed by 9pm and up around 5am each day. It was really nice watching the sun rise and set each day. During the day it got up to around 70 degrees.
Sunday consisted of another hike and a visit to the visitor’s center. I also made friends with the local chipmunks by hand feeding them sunflower seeds. They must not see all that well because they kept nibbling on my fingers instead of the seed. At first I was a little scared they might crunch down on my finger and I would be off to get a rabies shot, but they are actually very gentle. Later in the evening I went for a 4 mile run (3 loops) around the main road in the camp ground. We had steamed tamales and left over chili for dinner.
One Monday I decided to extend my stay one more day. My parents were not going to leave until Tuesday morning and I wasn't ready to get back to the real world. We drove out to a little store in Jawbone (camping area next to Red Rock) and picked up a pre hike snack (a chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwich) and then went on a hike called Hagen’s Nature Trail. The hike to the trail was actually longer then the trail itself.
MapMyRun.com link
Yes...this is me sitting on a rock that looks like a camel.
I hope everyone had a great weekend. I am looking forward to catching up on your blogs.
Today is the last day to get into my Box O Stuff GIVEAWAY. The drawing is on TOMORROW. There are currently just over 50 people entered.
Simply leave a comment here:
I left Saturday morning at 5:30am with my two cups of coffee, ipod and a bottle of water at my reach.
I arrived at the camp grounds at 8:00am. The weather was about 56 degrees and a little breezy. My parents arrived about 15 minutes later. Luckily the park was pretty empty at the time so most of the spots where open.
We took site number 13 which I think was one of the best after walking the rest of them. We had restrooms and water right across the road from our site. The camp sites back up against an amazing work of nature.
The hills of Red Rock are mostly made of sand and clay. Over the past million years or so, the rain has created the coolest formations.
We went for a short 2 mile hike after setting up camp and then I went out for a 3 mile run. There are quite a few trails around the area, but a lot of them are dry washes, so it’s a lot of sand running.
MapMyRun.com link
That night we heated up the chili I made and sat around the fire and watched the stars and satellites. That night it got down to 26 degrees and there was frost on everything the next morning. My dad and I have always been early risers, so we were in bed by 9pm and up around 5am each day. It was really nice watching the sun rise and set each day. During the day it got up to around 70 degrees.
Sunday consisted of another hike and a visit to the visitor’s center. I also made friends with the local chipmunks by hand feeding them sunflower seeds. They must not see all that well because they kept nibbling on my fingers instead of the seed. At first I was a little scared they might crunch down on my finger and I would be off to get a rabies shot, but they are actually very gentle. Later in the evening I went for a 4 mile run (3 loops) around the main road in the camp ground. We had steamed tamales and left over chili for dinner.
One Monday I decided to extend my stay one more day. My parents were not going to leave until Tuesday morning and I wasn't ready to get back to the real world. We drove out to a little store in Jawbone (camping area next to Red Rock) and picked up a pre hike snack (a chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwich) and then went on a hike called Hagen’s Nature Trail. The hike to the trail was actually longer then the trail itself.
MapMyRun.com link
Yes...this is me sitting on a rock that looks like a camel.
I hope everyone had a great weekend. I am looking forward to catching up on your blogs.
Today is the last day to get into my Box O Stuff GIVEAWAY. The drawing is on TOMORROW. There are currently just over 50 people entered.
Simply leave a comment here:
Labels: camping, red rock canyon state park
posted by celmore at
7:58 AM
7 Comments
