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This is from a guy who lives in Bishop and has been up and down that highway for 40 years or so. FWIW. Mike
Subject: Re: Name of campground along 395? Sounds like the campground that is about a third of the way into Walker Canyon(going north). It is only about a mile or two south of where the bus went into the river several years ago. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "mike" <mwmiller@cwnet.com> To: "Jim Snell" <jsnell@schat.net> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 12:05 PM Subject: FW: Name of campground along 395?
> Jim, > > Can you figure out where this guy may have camped? > > I can't picture anything. > > Mike > > > ------ Forwarded Message > From: Michael Diehr <md03@XOCHI.COM> > Reply-To: Michael Diehr <md03@XOCHI.COM> > Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 11:49:14 -0700 > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Subject: Name of campground along 395? > > Last year I stayed at a campground and I can't for the life of me > remember it's name or find it on a map. > > Here's what I remember for sure: It's somewhere between carson city > and mammoth on the 395, if I had to guess I'd say it's between > Bridgeport and Topaz? The campground is on the East side of the > 395, perhaps no more than 100 yards from 395. It has perhaps 20 > spots, and parallels a river/creek that you can scramble down to. > Very pretty setting. It's a government campground (state? federal? > forest service? blm?) with self-registration. This was on Labor day > weekend and I was happy to find any spots at all, and it turned out > to be a really pretty campsite and extremely convenient as a stop- > over point for travels along 395. > > Here's what I'm a little fuzzy on: I was heading south on 395 > looking for a place to stay as it was getting dark. There was a > sign for a "rest area" which I followed that took me off 395 onto > residential streets and basically ended up in the parking lot of a > school. Weird. This didn't look very comfy for overnight stay, so I > kept heading south and found this other campground within an hour or so. > > This strike a bell with anyone? > > ------ End of Forwarded Message > > >
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