Venturing Crew 566
Saratoga, California

Henry Coe Backpack: April, 1995

Nancy's fish Each year the rangers at Henry Coe State Park, in the east foothills above Gilroy, allow campers to drive WWWwwaaaaay into the backcountry (to the Oristimba Corral) on a weekend in April. Well, we hate to leave a challenge like this unanswered, so we gathered a crew for a backpack from the Corral in to Mississippi Lake! It's about 4 miles, not a problem for a crew like ours.
Our members included VP Nikki, TREKKER editor Jeremy, and members Danny and Nancy, plus Advisors Mr. Wesling, Mr. Marshall, and Mr. and Mrs. Tavan. Altogether a very fine crew. Fishing in the lake wasn't too good this year (in previous years, we had to beat the fish off with a stick!). The one shown here was caught by Nancy in the early evening.
crackers and cheese We cooked a dinner high on a hill overlooking the lake, and settled in for the night. The next day we had a sumptious breakfast, then did more fishing (without much luck again). We did catch a really nice (friendly) garter snake, and most of us had a chance to pet it. Mr. W got a nap in his Sling-lite. Finally it was time to pack up and hit the trail around the lake. Well, Nancy decided she had to try fishing one more time -- and caught the best bass of the trip! Here she is (woops! I wasn't supposed to show this ...) gulping down her triple-stack sandwich as Nikki snaps the pictures! What a trip!!
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