One of the groups I love is the Peaks 4 Poverty group. They organize hikes and use the profit from those hikes to fund orphan’s educations in an orphanage in Tanzina. If you would like to know more about them, visit them at : http://www.peak4poverty.org/ . 
I’ve done a couple of hikes with them and this time they wanted to conquer Mt. Bierstadt and Mt. Evans. They sent out an email asking if anyone one was up for it and I’m always up for another adventure so 16 hours of driving later, I’m sitting in the Rocky Mountains where the weather is a cool 73 degrees, next to the Tenmile Creek, just off the 70 getting ready to head to the campsite to meet up… For kicks and giggles I check to see what the weather is like back home and it’s a egg frying 105 degrees… I turn my phone off for the next few days and get in the car and head out to the campsite to meet up.
The Peak 4 Poverty group is a volunteer based organization so no one gets paid for anything. That way all the proceeds go to the orphans. This time they had asked me to be the photographer. I always take my camera and take lots of pictures, but this time I needed to make sure I’d get all the standard pictures like the one on the peak and the one at the beginning with the banner and some other group photos and action photos of everyone.
Amazingly enough, I arrived at the campsite within 30 minutes of the Iowa and Chicago groups! The maps were accurate and the campground was easy enough to find.
Unfortunately, the USFS had changed the fire restriction to Stage II the day before so even though I brought firewood, I wasn’t able to burn it at all. We ended up using Propane Stoves to cook and as usual, without the campfire there’s a lack of a center point to the gathering. It seems human nature for us to gather around fires for warmth, comfort, and good times.
Then it started to sprinkle and we all went back to our tents to sleep as we knew we’d be waking up around 3:00 a.m. to make it to the trail head for the hike. The plan was to hike Mt. Bierstadt, then head across the sawtooth to Mt. Evans, and then hike back down to the trail head.