[pct-l] cowboy camping to Kennedy Meadows

[Scott Williams]

Camping under trees is almost always dryer than camping out in the open, in
terms of dew.  Except in the redwoods, where the mists condense on the
needles and it rains all night sometimes when it's only fog elsewhere.
 They're tall for a reason, they rake the low overcast skies of moisture,
causing it to rain where no real rain may have fallen for months.  A redwood
forest actually produces its own weather.  They're from the Jurassic, when
the planet was in fact much mistier.

In the Sierra, and deserts however, staying under tree cover meant a drier
morning.

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