Lots of Preparation, Nothing

Thursday night we eagerly prepared our gear, planned our menu, shopped for food and picked up some maps at the outdoor store. We were excited to head down to the Yolla Bolly Wilderness area in the Klamath Mountains (it was probably that name that got us all excited). Friday we drove down 101 and then east on 36- a windy road through lots of small towns with varying degrees of width (sometimes very narrow). After about 3 hours we arrived at the trailhead. We put on our boots and backpacks and headed in for a two night backpack. We had planned to camp a little over a mile in, in Pettijohn Basin. First there were cows wondering around and the scenery was not what we had envisioned. The Basin was just ok, but there were lots of logs down and it felt eerie. We started to set up a rope to hang our food (sometimes where you can hang your food determines where to camp in bear country). After much discussion, we decided to get out. The weekend was a bust! We went back to the car and drove home...

Pettijohn Basin CD with rope

Oh, yeah I forgot to mention the bear prints and scat... too fresh! (maybe not everyone is aware of my bear fear)
Look! Bear scat! Close-up

Actually the trip wasn't a total loss, we saw this interesting bridge (just west of Bridgeville)

In other news, the deck is progressing at an awesome pace. CD has been working endlessly to lay down all the trex and is thinking hard about the railings and stairs, in the meantime we climb up on a ladder to get on the deck.
The garden has been growing out of control. The nasturtiums tried to take over last month, so i moved a couple out of the boxes, but the others just took over that real estate. We have been eating the sweet sweet peas right off. I'm not even planning on harvesting or cooking with them I know they won't make it into the house. My latest challenge is the zucchini plant that has developed elephant ear-sized leaves. I want to grow it vertically, but I'm not sure how to pull it up- need some engineering skills or something... I do have string!