so we are back in davis and I learned something new.

I seem to like camping and honestly after buying all this stuff I had no real choice. But yes it was a lot of fun.

lessons learned:

• my stomach can't handle only dried fruit, I need fresh stuff too
• contacts worked surprisingly well, but quite a hassle in the morning/midnight
• getting the brightest light I could find was an awesome idea. I actually could see something in the dark
• ebooks and rivers are a bad combination. Get a waterproof bag for it
• camera and rivers are a really bad combination, I found some great spots and couldn't get there with the camera, get a waterproof bag...
  
• using only 2 lenses was a great idea, 35mm F/2 and 90mm F/2.8 worked very well, but I could had used something in the 20mm range like this
• buying the right equipment the first time was a really good idea, it was expensive but I will have it for years.
• bringing a reflector instead of flashes was a great idea
• putting water bottles in the sun for 2 hours => hot nearly boiling water
• waterfalls => much colder than rivers => store beer here...
• do not sleep on a slope...
• lots and lots of trouts in the river => bring fishing pole next time
• if you do rock climbing during the day => bring gloves to avoid burned hands...
  

whats next?

• portland/oregon coast in 2 weeks
  
• next year hawaii or yellowstone (once i got over my fear of wild animals eating me, like bears/pumas)
• Yosemite in September?
• Scotland in October?
  
• discovering which food is the right food
• bring more tea

conclusions?

Well this weekend was a bit expensive, since I had to buy all kinds of stuff, but it was a lot of fun and I wanted to get most of this stuff since a couple of years. At least now I have it and can take it on future trips.

I also managed to rent out my old apartment for the next month, not for the price I wanted. But 350$ are better than nothing.