Sunday, November 8, 2015

Backpacking Colorado Bend State Park

This weekend I led what was marketed as a backpacking trip to Colorado Bend State Park with Ellie and Sara.  I had attended Guide School with both Ellie and Sara, so it was relaxing and nice to guide with two other experienced guides.

RecSports had reserved camp sites in the walk-in camping area, which was different than the backpacking area.  As such, since the backpacking area was fully booked, we were unable to change our reservation and had to turn the trip into a car camping + day hikes trip.

Somewhat surprisingly, most of the participants seemed to be okay with this change.  In fact, the group on this trip was one of the best I've had on a trip.  Almost everyone got along well, and the group gelled similarly to how a group might on a 9-day trip. Despite the rain that plagued our group much of the weekend, it still was a great trip!

RecSports Suburbans parked near the campsites.

One of the overlooks on our long Saturday hike.

I took a bad fall on our Saturday hike and it continued bleeding the rest of the day.  Thanks to Ellie for handling the first aid!

One of the participants spotted an armadillo skeleton!

The last part of Saturday's hike was flat and along the river.

 Our campsites.

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