Dome Land Wilderness

“I finally bought a walkie talkie!. I'll put her on chnl 7!

yo rocky! waaazzzzupppp man? Why aren't you coming along on this trip?

I have the directions somewhat.....oh, I'll find it!

too bad you can't make it mari and who was the other person who bailed? Too lazy to scroll.”

“You guys all have fun. Darn it! Don't anyone miss me or anything. I'm off this morning to Tahoe. (annual family thing) Want to hear a good trip report when I return. You all try to behave now and I'll see ya soon.
Navi, save some of that brew for July. :)”

“this as a dayhike. Way too much going on at home for me to be gone Sun and Mon. Hubby decided that we would host a foreign exchange student, comes in on Monday.

So I will see you all on Saturday morning. At least I get out for 1 day of the weekend. :D

Debra”

“Navi, save some of that brew for July. :)”
songbyrd601

Did you read the Ron-Day-View thread?
Dang kid!”

“Only 2 more days, woo hoo! :D

So, final count... who's going?”

“ME!!!!!”

“I don't have a walkie-talkie and cell phones won't work up there... So just send up smoke signals if you want to get a hold of me, lol

Make sure you have a campfire permit first, though! ;)”

“I am still trying to decide between day hike and backpack. I'm still going back and forth, back and forth getting dizzy.

I will try to make my mind up later tonight.

Debra :D”

“I'm in. I'm driving up Friday afternoon and planning to spend the night at Kennedy Meadows Campground on the Kern. (Unless someone has a better idea.) I'll see you all at the trailhead at 10AM Saturday.”

“I'm planning on camping at the Kennedy Mdw. Camp Ground Friday night too.

Brown Explorer. "NAVIGSR" License Plate. Walkie talkie Channel 7.”

“I'm in! I was busy packing! Whew! I'm done and ready to go! I'll leave Truckee at 10am tomorrow and get there between 6-7.

So, it's a threesome at the campground? Allright! Right on! Far out and groovy man!

navi and johndoe, I'll see yous two at the Kennedy Mdw campground between 6-7pm Friday night.

Oh, come on mtnslady1! I've never met you and would love to. Besides you know once you're out there, you're not going to want to leave.

songbyrd, too bad you can't make it. have a fun weekend with your friends in my neighborhood while I'm gone!”

“I'll also put my walkie talkie on chnl 7

my cell phone is 209 483-3676 just in case!”

“I'll be sleeping in my bed tonight and driving up in the morning... see ya'll at the trailhead at 10 am or so :) I'll be in a little red pickup truck with a shell.”

“I'm almost on the road.”

“You all have a wonderful time! Wish I could have joined you all on this one.

Have fun!”

“I'm at work until 7:30pm tonight. Will be driving tomorrow and staying at least Sat. night, and maybe Sunday night too.

See you all tomorrow at 10am.

Debra”

“Hey all, Debra just told me about your trip and, if no one objects, I'd like to join up.

See you all at 10?

Paul
last edited: 6/24/05 3:38:01 PM”

“Sure, come along :)”

“Hikerchic & I left the campground shortly after Johndoe. We stopped at the South Fork trailhead to leave her car, & at the ranger station to get a fire permit, THEN missed the Cherry Hill turn off. Down to the Kern and back up.
Got to the trailhead about noon & started hiking. Had a nice lunch about half way.
We cut cross country toward the south end of the meadow and walked along the western edge looking for tents & asking other campers if they had seen you guys. After getting almost to the north end of the meadow, crossing marshes and burned out areas, shouting "YO..TRAIL TALK!!!" again and again, we gave up the search and camped on the edge of the meadow.
We had a real nice time enjoying the views and conversation. Wish you guys could have joined us! 8^)
Sunday we day hiked farther up the meadow then packed up and had a great hike back to the car.

By the way, where were you?”

“I was at the trailhead at 10 'til 10:00 am. I was getting worried when 10:30 came and went and nobody had showed... John Doe finally showed up about 10:45 and mtmnslady and her friend Paul came a few minutes after that. Anyway, we waited until 11:42 and then departed. We hiked to the meadow, circled around it to the north, and ended up picking a campsite at the east end, right next to the creek, right near the trail to Rockhouse Basin where we planned to hike the 2nd day. Ray found us out there and said he'd seen you near a group of boy scouts... We shouted across the meadow a few times, but seeing as the meadow was over a mile long, I didn't think that was going to work. Anyway, sorry we missed you!
last edited: 6/27/05 5:48:46 PM”

“navi forgot to mention that we met a new person....john doe aka Richard. He was really nice. We all camped at Kennedy Meadows the night before the hike. It was funny how we all got that within minutes of each other....AND that john doe found us only to lose us the next day. :)

Yes, sorry john doe and the rest of you! We missed you guys too but Navi and I ended up having a great time! It was such a beautiful area! I loved the domes and all the many varieties of wild flowers. There were blankets of gorgeous, yellow, pink, purple, white, orange and blue flowers everywhere. Had a great time taking photos!

Thank you navi for your wonderful company as always. I'll slosh around a meadow anyday with you.”

“It was amazing the amount of wildflowers we saw... The variety was incredible! It would be easier to name the Sierra Nevada wildflowers that we didn't see. And we even saw a few that one doesn't normally associate with the Sierra but rather the Mojave Desert!

John Doe is a nice guy, so is Ray Estrella and mtmnslady's friend Paul. Glad I got to meet those that I did and sorry I didn't get to meet those that I didn't...

Anyway, I just uploaded all my pictures and I'll get them and a trip report up probably tomorrow :)”

“OMG!!! Missed you guys by 15 minutes??!!
OK, now I'm bummed! If only that slow driver on the dirt road had pulled over and let us by when he first saw us instead of after 5 miles we could have made it.

8^)”

“oh wow! We did only miss you by 15 minutes. That's still amazing that you didn't hear our yells. You really ditched us didn't you?

I forgot to mention that navi and I met Ray Estrella on trail! Too bad we missed camping with you.

Here's my photos. Didn't realize how many I took.

http://community.webshots.com/user/hikerchic5”

“The last image is Mt Williamson! That's my favorite peak! I like the pink flowers following the brook too. I can't believe there's so many flowers and everything is green! I'm starting a trip Saturday and worried about the snowpack! :-(

Nice pics!”

“Sweet pics HC5!!! That's quite a meadow. Yo Nav!”

“Sorry I missed this trip. I enjoyed your pics. Looking forward to the next trip though.”

“Dropped Paul off at his car and was home by 4:45pm yesterday.
Wanted to say it was a fun weekend. I enjoyed meeting Ray and JohnDoe. Hiking with Bearcrossing again was fun. The area around our campground was so beautiful and peaceful. Manter creek running right by. Great for soaking those tired feet. Yep sloggy meadows what fun :). I should be posting pictures later today.
I'm sorry I missed meeting Navi and Hikerchic.

Debra”

“Thanks everyone.

Yes, it was quite a meadow rocky.

Is that what mountain that it, snowy? Ok, now I know. I do these trips and don't even know most of the peaks I see.

glad you had a great time mtnslady, sorry to miss you!

Incase no one else saw it, bearcrossing posted her trip report on a separate thread.”

“Thanks everyone.

Yes, it was quite a meadow, rocky.

Is that what mountain that it, snowy? Ok, now I know. I do these trips and don't even know most of the peaks I see.

glad you had a great time mtnslady, sorry to miss you!

Incase no one else saw it, bearcrossing posted her trip report on a separate thread.”