Calaveras Big Trees Camping Trip!

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Let's go camping! All of this info is conveniently available to you in this Google Doc.
We'll be going to Calaveras Big Trees State Park for a 3 night adventure. This camping trip is designed to be a great introduction for new campers but everyone is welcome! It's going to be a very "choose your own adventure" type of trip so you can decide how active or chill you want your weekend to be. I am still figuring out the exact itinerary but we will have 3 main activities each day. Morning meditation before breakfast, a hike after breakfast, and social hour at and after dinner. This is not going to be an intense 8 mile hike each day type of trip. My goal is to help you enjoy nature, RELAX, and mingle with some new friends.
Getting there: We will need to carpool as our campsite only has room for 4 cars. We will be having a planning meeting in late April/ early may so we can sort that out then.
Regarding gear, Sac State's Peak adventures has some great options for you to rent the gear you need. Please check out their options here. They have a group rental discount so please let me know how many of you will be renting so we can book the gear together. Outdoor geek also has some options if you would like another options. This gear is shipped to you. Please find that info here. I would recommend you bring chairs (the outdoor foldable kind) and purchase those if you don't have them already. I will be providing a packing list for you soon but we will have the major equipment you need for food like a camping stove, dishes, etc.
Regarding meals, we want to keep this trip low stress for those that are new to camping so there is an option for me to provide your meals for you. There is an extra cost associated with this but the option is there if you need it. If you decide to bring your own meals, I would recommend keeping things very simple. Ex: Oatmeal, coffee, and fruit for breakfast; sandwiches with chips for lunch; pre-made re-heatable curry packets and pre-made rice for dinner. We can also split meal responsibilities amongst ourselves and make it more of a group effort. Let me know what you think. We will have a propane gas stove, plates, cutlery and napkins available for you. You can also literally just bring a plastic re-usable plate and cutlery from your cabinet and that will work just fine. No need to do anything extra. Please feel free to bring your own or extras for backup.