This past weekend, a friend of mine and I decided to go camping up at Tohickon Valley Park. It’s a small county park that sits right next to Ralph Stover State Park (also known as High Rocks) that offers scenic views, rock faces for climbing, and about 6 miles of mountain biking trails. We managed to get out twice on Saturday, and once this morning. I did fairly well on the first trip, but not so much on the other two trips; I guess my legs were just a little bit tired.

My new tent (a Marmot Nyx 2p) worked out fabulously despite my ability to find a set my tent up over a rock despite making sure that there were not rocks in the general vacinity. Because of the small size of the tent, I was kept nice and warm the past two tents because the fly did a fantastic job of keeping heat in, and moisture out.

Along with the new tent working well, my mess kit and pack stove turned out to be a very wise investment: We used them pretty hard with making breakfast, coffee, soup, and boiling water to clean all of the dishes.

All in all, it was an excellent weekend that served as a last hurrah of mountain biking before the onslaught of early sunsets and cold weather sets in.