Chico, CA and Oroville Lake

Our first stop in California was the Chico area, which is very near Oroville Lake. The plan was to camp at a park near the lake, using it as our base camp for a visit to the Sierra Nevada brewery, as well as a hike to Feather Falls. The first night went very well. We made it to the campsite (which was almost completely empty), set-up camp, then drove to Chico for dinner with some new friends, one of whom works at the Sierra Nevada Brewery. The beer was excellent, the food was great, and the company was fantastic. The first night of camping wasn’t even too bad, aside from some slightly loud neighbors.

We had a great 10 mile hike the next day. The waterfall, the 6th tallest in the U.S. was a great payoff (highly recommend).

That night, we had a bit of an incident with some noisy redneck camping neighbors arriving post-midnight, taking 2 hours to set-up their tent, yelling the whole time, and culminating with a visit by the police. Lovely time…we’ll provide more details upon request.

We left early the next morning for Yosemite, groggy from lack of sleep, but excited…

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