We decided to hike into King Canyon to Paradise Valley and camp out for the night. It sounded like a great idea. We would hike past Misty Falls and up to Paradise Valley.
We started out at 5,000 feet and the camp site was seven miles away at 6,800 feet. Timmy had back packs for each of us. Mine weighed atout 25-30 pounds and his weighed around 50-60 pounds. The first part of the trail was relatively flat and I was the rabbit and Timmy was the tortoise. Needless to say, before we reached the camp site that changed.
We followed the King Canyon river and the scenery was magnificant. The mountains are extremely high on either side, probably over 10,000 feet.
We got a late start and people told us that it would take 4-5 hours, so we hustled. However, the trail got steeper as we progressed and my legs began to burn from the exertion, and we needed to take a number of breaks. Timmy was only too happy for the breaks also!!
By the time we reached the camp site, it was close to 5PM and I was totally exausted. We had a bare bones campsite. No toilet, no water, no grill. It was just a spot marked in the wilderness about 100 feet from the river. We set up the camp site, fixed dinner of baked beans and Cambell's soup. Timmy was in bed before dark and did not move until after 7AM the next morning. I got some sleep but tossed and turned a lot.
It was cold at this elevation, below freezing but Timmy's tent gave us good insulation and it was about 50 degrees inside. It was comfortable.
The next morning we had hot tea, peanut butter sandwiches and energy bars before breaking camp and hiking out. The walk out was easier but after the previous day, I was worn out after we made it back to the car.
We then did some sight-seeing before driving to the Oakhurst (near Yosemite, our next destination)
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