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camping, cuyamaca rancho state park, hiking, nature, outdoor, paso picacho, san diego, snow, stonewall peak
This weekend we did an impromptu camping trip to Cuyamaca Rancho State Park at Paso Picacho. San Diego’s mountains were hit with a good amount of snow last week so we couldn’t pass up the opportunity! Unfortunately, we under-estimated how much snow might be there! It’s 5,000 feet elevation so you can only imagine! We got there around 8:30 PM and the grounds were covered- if we drove my little Huyndai, we wouldn’t have been able to get into the spots because snow was piled so high!
Luckily, my boyfriend drove his truck so we plowed through! We dug out our spots to pitch our tents and stood around the fire to keep warm. After a bottle of wine and a few beers, we went to bed. Our friends had to get up in the middle of the night and sleep in their car because the ground was so cold! **I will be writing a blog about snow camping soon to cover the “sleeping in a tent with snow on the ground” subject! We woke up, grabbed our hiking gear, and headed off to climb Stonewall Peak! It was a blast and lots of pictures captured that! I can’t say it enough how much I love camping at Cuyamaca! It is beautiful and there are such great hikes to go on!
Happy Camping!
Girly Camping® 
I love it. It’s tough to get out in the snow, but whenever I’ve done it I have been thankful i’ve done it. It’s an inertia thing with the kiddoes…
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For sure!! Its the first time we did it and it was really cold but not as cold as I expected the first night! The second though was tough because there was wind!
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I remember climbing Stonewall Peak in the eighties. Beautiful area. Rocky crags and with amazing views towards the desert below, right? Good stuff.
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Yeah! There are views of the desert, beach, and mexico! Its a pretty sweet spot!
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Great pics! Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks!
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it doesn’t look anything like girly camping at all.. that was hardcore.. you did it like a pro.. 🙂
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Thanks! I try to show people that with the right gear, anyone can enjoy camping, no matter what the circumstance! 🙂 ———- Sent from my Verizon Wireless mobile phone
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Sorry, but I’m not impressed. Last weekend, I also went snow camping. The difference is that I was about 1500 miles north of you in Washington state. There was already about 9 or 10 feet of snow on the ground, and it snowed another six inches overnight.
Despite that, we had a great time. We lit a bonfire, shared a couple of bottles, and talked a lot.
Enough trash talking! You are right. If you have the right gear, anyone can enjoy camping, no matter what the circumstance.
The main idea is to get out there and have fun, no matter where you live.
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Good for you!!! I hope to be able to camp like that one day! This is called “Girly Camping” because I am a girly-girl and I’m still pretty new at camping and hiking. I try to challenge myself more and more each time so that was my first experience in the snow. It may not have been much but I tried, didn’t complain, and had a blast! I appreciate you thoughts! And keep up your hard core camping!! 🙂
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We have to remember, she is in San Diego (not much snow there). I think it is awesome that she is stretching out and loving it. And keep talking about it on “girlycamping” because I live in LA and I will drive an hour to the mountains to ski, but never thought about camping up there until now. Thanks.
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You are right, of course. It says a lot that she is getting out there in the snow. Do keep it up!
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Insulation!! – We always put down some newspaper and other such stuff between the tent floor and our pads – just enough to create some more air space between our bodies and the cold ground. Great job camping in the snow! I haven’t done that in years and years!
I think I saw that you noticed my call out for guest bloggers. I’d love if you wanted to put something together to share on my site! You can just do one of your normal picture/chatting/update posts if you want, or I can send you some prompts if you’d prefer that. What do you say?
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Totally!! I would love to! I can put one together this weekend probably. If you want to give a prompt you can, or I can do something like “Get off your lazy bum and go explore the wild…” 🙂
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