Alexey Solofnenko blog

Instead of camping we went today to Muir Woods. Yesterday we have friends visiting us, so we could not go camping. Maybe it is better this way - the weather was quite cold - about 4°C. Just walking in Muir Woods is not for us - instead I with kids went on Sierra Trail down to Alice Eastwood Campground. When we came there I thought that again I did not bring any fire with me. Surprisingly, there was not a fully extinguished fire place with a lot of food and boxes thrown around. The food looked like it was spread by some animals, making the date of the fire a day before! I am bewildered by the way people do not follow simple rules with fires in the forest. Last autumn, we had a similar situation in a campground on NF-11N46 at US-50 highway near Kyburz. In any case, it was beneficial for us - we just put few empty paper boxes in a fire place and watched great fire. There was a water facet few meters away, so we watered it down at the end until there were no hot spots.

In the meantime, my wife parked the car near Muir Woods entrance (it was lucky to park so close to the entrance!) and met us at the campground. Then we took Fern Creek into Muir Woods. Kids are getting better with hiking. Maxim walked all the way and even had some strength left for evening tennis.

Next time We will try Bootjack Trail. Actually each time we wanted to go there, but my GPS does not show trails, so we chose one available trail after another. Now I printed a map....