Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 18:38:02 -0700
Reply-To: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Heading into hell (up 395) -- any last words of advice?
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Thanks, B&S!
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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
BA typed:
> Those are good folks at Grant Lake. And I recall some amount of shade
> at that campground. It was they who alerted us to our fuel leak :-o
> when we inquired about their showers. If you don't stay there, they
> can't let you use their showers. But at Oh! Ridge there's a
> commercial campground with paid showers that are available to anyone.
> Those are the only showers we could find in the area other than at
> motels.
>
>
> B&S
> '87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
> SoCal
>
>
>
> On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 15:32:09 -0700, you wrote:
>
>> On Hwy395 just a few miles south to Lee Vining there is a place
>> called June Lake. It's a small town on a loop of road around a
>> group of lakes. The road is named Hwy 158 and is commonly called
>> June Loop. The largest lake among June Lakes is called Grant Lake.
>> Google map "June Lake" you will find it on the map.
>>
>> There is a camp site at Grant Lake. There is a harbor with rental
>> boates and a small shop that rents fishing gears and the rental
>> boats is also the administrator of the camp site. The camp site
>> is right near the lake with some trees and a nice bathroom with
>> paid showers.
>>
>> At this time of ther year there will be lots of spaces available.
>> You may see some RVs there. It's a very nice camp ground. It's owned
>> by the government and it's a very nice one. Because it is near the
>> lake it should be cooler there. There are camp sites on all lakes
>> there. But the one on Grant Lake is the best one. Those lakes are
>> very best fishing lakes. You can have dinner in the town June Lake
>> if you do not have time to cook at the camp ground.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --- Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>
>>> So tomorrow morning at 4am PDT, I'm leaving Carlsbad, CA and heading
>>> north. First on I-15, then onto highway 395 to points north. The
>>> National Weather Service tells me that by the time I get to Bishop, CA
>>> (lunch-time-ish) the temps will be in the 100's and breaking records. My
>>> original plan was to get to Deadman Canyon (near Lee Vining) in the
>>> afternoon, but the heat may melt me.
>>>
>>> Where around Bishop (other than a motel) might a fellow camp that would
>>> not be totally sun-blasted nor require climbing so many thousands of
>>> feet of elevation that his Westy might overheat?
>>>
>>> --
>>> 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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