7/24/13 - Pinnacles National Park, CA

There were about 70 quail foraging through the campground this morning. We went for a hike today.  After talking to the Ranger, we took the Old Pinnacles Trail to the Balconies Cave Trail and Balconies Cliff Trail.  This was a 6 mile round trip hike.  It was 58 when we got up this morning and when we got off the trail it was 101.  We started at 10 am and finished at 1:35 pm. We took four containers of water and drank three of them. We stopped after getting through the cave and had lunch. We forgot to take our flashlights for the cave but we met two girls from Ohio that let us tag along with them through the cave.  After returning to the Casita we laid down to cool off.  I didn’t think I would make it the last 30 minutes.  I was so hot.  Then we went to the swimming pool.  It was marvelous!  Just as we were getting out of the pool, another Casita came into camp.  The couple has a 16 foot Spirit and they have two kids and a dog.  Instead of a side dinette it had bunk beds.