Fascinating. My first USN ship duty was aboard the USS Truckee. Sam Conant Colchester, Vermont ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:24 AM Subject: Campgrounds along Truckee River in Calif.?
> Mrs Squirrel has to attend a conference in Reno, NV in July, at the end > of which she wants to join me and Mellow Yellow and do a little camping > near Lake Tahoe. She's thinking that if we can find a nice spot close to > Tahoe, maybe along the Truckee river, she could talk her sons and > grandkids into visiting. They'd want to stay in a Tahoe hotel and do the > stuff they like to do, like gamble, and everyone can get together to go > rafting and other outdoorsy stuff. > > The Truckee river area has been a popular camping destination for > generations, and I imagine that campgrounds along the Truckee fill up > soon and many, if not most, could not be be considered secluded by any > stretch of the imagination. > > Recommendations? CGs that don't look like trailer parks, aren't as > crowded as Hoovervilles > (http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t029/T029195A.jpg)? > > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano > KG6RCR |
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