Camping - Winter 2010 - Sipsey

I went camping this past weekend. We camped in Sipsey Wilderness again, but in a different area. This time we parked at Thompson trailhead and followed 206 in a short ways.

I had previously located a nice site right on the water. Fortunately there were not a lot of other campers out for the weekend so the site was empty even though we didn't arrive until dusk. (The forecast had the temperature down to 24F at night and up into the mid 40s during the day.)

First order was setting up the tents. Flashlights we required in order to complete this task. Afterwards we wandered the forest gathering wood for a nice warm fire. I don't think anybody really got cold. We were all prepared for the cold.

We only stayed a single night. I had been out of town the weekend before and wanted to spend at least one night at home this weekend.

Saturday we were buzzed many times by a helicopter. We also met many many people who were out searching for a lost hiker. We eventually found out a 76 year old man had gotten lost in the woods the day before. I read in the paper on Monday that they found him about 10:30 Saturday next morning. He had gotten lost and spent the night under a rock overhang covered with leaves to keep warm. Glad to hear he was ok.