The campsite had a pit grill for burning wood, and a grill-on-a-pole for burning charcoal, a picnic table under a roof, and some toilets. There was no running water. The campsite was by a fairly deep and steep-sided creek bed. There was no water running in the creek. Jason cooked turkey brauts on his gas grill, and we had those and beans for supper. As it got dark, the moon came up and it was so bright we could not see very many stars, though it was a cloudless night. But we had a great view of Jupiter, and we saw three satellites cross the sky. We went to bed at 9 pm, and we heard a pack of coyotes howling throughout the night.
The next morning after breakfast, we hiked a very nice trail from 9 am to 1 pm. That was a round trip distance of 7 miles. There was not much elevation change on the trails he chose. When we came to a place where we would have to go up a steep incline, we turned around and returned to the trailhead. Jason was very nice to choose trails that I could handle.Saturday was a beautiful day for hiking. There was a cloud cover all day, and the temperature ranged from 45 degrees in the morning to 72 degrees at the end of our hike. I was especially impressed with the variety of Fall wildflowers in the park. Also, there were only 4 tents in the camping area, and we met only one other group on the trails. Just wonderful.
After we had been on the road home about 15 minutes, it started raining and rained for 2 hours. But there was no rain on us in the park. I was amazed that I was able to walk 7 miles. Of course, I walked slowly, but I walked. It was great!
