Backpacking in the Sierras day I

During the school year, dad, daadu, and I took a backpacking class. Last weekend, Dad and I went backpacking with two of the leaders and their 8-year-old kid, Adam. Stefan and his dad were also going to come, but his dad's back problem prevented their joining us. We left Friday morning at about 5:00, and planned to meet with the other family at 10:00. I slept for two hours, and then we arrived at Huntington lake, which was about halfway to our destination. We took a break and some pictures, and started driving again. After about twenty minutes, dad started to suspect that we were going the wrong way. The lake was still outside our window, and we were on the wrong road. We asked someone the way, and found out that we had driven halfway around the lake! Unfortunately, the junction was actually a minute away from where we took our break. Having wasted 45 minutes driving around the lake, we were back on track, with me as navigator. When we finally arrived at Sample Meadows, where the trailhead was supposed to be, the road was closed. We asked two men in a truck where the trailhead was, and they said that it was about a mile back on the road. We consulted our map after they had gone, and found that there was indeed a trailhead there. Unfortunately, it was called Rattlesnake trailhead, while we were searching for Sample Meadows trailhead. Dad knew that the leader's car was a blue subaru, so we drove back and forth between the two trailheads looking for it three times before we stopped once again and looked at our map. As we were trying to figure out where to go, the leaders drove up. We found out that this was where the trailhead was supposed to be, but it was closed. In fact, the Rattlesnake trailhead was about thirty minutes closer than the other, so we drove there. While the parents were finishing packing, Adam and I looked under logs and rocks for bugs. Eventually, we even found an alligator lizard! Adam caught it, but it bit him; he let go immediately. Finally, the parents called us and we finally started our hike at 11:00. The first major stop we made was at Upper Twin, a lake with a river that goes underground. Adam and his dad, who had been here many times, showed me the spot where the river emerged from the lake and went down into the rocks. They explained to me that when the water level was high, the hole filled up and the water swirled around and around. They called this place the great toilet, for that is what it looked like in the spring. A water line about twenty feet up assured me that their story was true. We continued our hike, and eventually arrived at George lake, our destination. We set up camp behind a previously made campfire, 100 feet from the lake, as per regulations. We walked around the lake, and Adam's dad did some fishing for their supper. Dad and I ate pasta with tomato pesto sauce. Finally we got into our tents, because the mosquitos were horrid, and after reading a bit, I fell asleep.
-this ends part 1