First snow. Spent the weekend camping at Brainerd Lake and hiking in the Indian Peak Wilderness. Camping the first day at 9,000 ft proved to be extremely cold and windy. The next day Melanie and I hiked to one of the many lakes in Indian Peak Wilderness. Most of the other hikers were headed to one of the near by peaks. They all had crampons and heavy down winter parkas with them. We turned around at the lake since we had tennis shoes and fall jackets.

A group of four Corps members left for California on a two-week dispatch this weekend. The Cali fires have been getting tons of media coverage here.