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Santa Susana Mountains, Simi Valley, California (site of the wilderness camping trip)
Kneading and braiding challah (bread) for the Friday evening Sabbath meal
Challahs rising before baking
Preparing salad
More salad preparation
Frying delectable yellow food
Watching the cook at work
Preparing vegetables for stir-fry
It takes four people to cook
Baking the challah in the outdoor oven
The finished challahs
Broiled salmon
Salad and pomegranate next to the ritual plants for the holiday of Sukkot: palm frond, myrtle branch, willow branch, and etrog
Night time around the fire
Stir-frying vegetables
Beautiful horses run through our camp site
Chopping firewood
Will Martinez, student and storyteller
Some of the group, hiking
Visiting the cave