California Camping FTW!

This is not falling with grace but it was fun!

We got back on Friday afternoon from a semi-impromptu camping trip to a place called Arroyo Seco near Greenfield, California. The place is 1.5 hours from our house which makes it pretty well in our backyard. But totally off the grid, no network connectivity whatsoever. Yes, Virginia, I was without internet access for nearly 48 consecutive hours and I did not disintegrate into a puddle of 1's and 0's.

The campground at Arroyo Seco is at an entrance to the Los Padres National Forest (basically the inland portion of the top of Big Sur). It is a rugged and beautiful country with steep hills, sharp and vertigo-inducing gorges, slightly chilly water, crayfish and a touch too many yellow jackets/hornets for my taste.

I took some notes, about the only thing the iPad was good for without any connection to the web, although Starchart was, as always, totally bitchin' to fire up and hold up over head. Seriously, if you have an iPad and access to a clear sky, get it. You'll ooh and ahh and it'll impress the heck out of people (if you're into that sort of thing).