Tom;
we have a rule on our trips, NO cell phones / Ipods during the actual camping part.
as far as the trip went, it didn't snow that much on us at all, but an irritating light rain off and on. 3 adults went, and 5 boys... the trip gave the boys a lot to think about and learn... all of the boys got either a little wet and very cold, or very wet and very cold... even the other two adults were cold (but dry)... i was the only one who stayed not only dry, but hot in my sleeping bag. lol (i have a -60 bag... i slept in my own 2 man tent alone).... thank goodness no wind, just a drizzle of rain here and there... two boys (brothers) made the stupid mistake of leaving their boots and socks OUT IN THE OPEN (as they slept) so needless to say, they were soaked from the rain over night... we had them put their socks (cuz they didn't bring any extras) over the fire to dry them out in the morning.
one thing that everyone learned (the hard way) was how important it was to keep your ground pad totally underneath your tent!!! you can't even allow the smallest part to show, if you do, water will eventually get into your tent at night and ruin everything..... that happened to all the boys (because they didn't listen to instruction).
we hiked only about 200 yards away from our cars, but it seemed like 10 miles as each step we took, we sunk about 1 /1/2 feet into the snow! all in all, we had fun still the same.. what was nice, is that there was no charge to enter Pinecrest, nor a fee to camp! (because of winter)... so that was a nice surprise.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/22/2010 08:42AM by forrestranger.