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Date:         Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:24:30 -0700
Reply-To:     Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: trip report, Portland, Oregon>Bishop, Ca. return.
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
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Spectacular -- thanks for the writeup! -- 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

On 9/25/2007 10:14 AM Don Hanson wrote:

> Just had a wonderful trip to the Eastern Sierras in California. From > Southeastern Wa. state down the high desert, through the Reno Carson valley > and to Bishop, California for another bicycle race. > First day out, I camped at a BLM campground off US 395 just northeast of > Susanville, Ca after about 9 hours on the road, with one detour, an hour on > my bike to keep my legs loose. Odd campsite, up high on a juniper mesa, > with only the campground host there and some snow on the ground from an > early fall weather system I was playing tag with all weekend.. The 84 with > inline 4 1.8 liter ran great, the abbreviated westy interior worked > perfectly to give me a good rest for the next day. > Down 395 again, through Reno and it's normal traffic jam, right at the > morning rush hour. Thousands of Harleys on 395...no exaggeration. The > trees were still fully leaved, just starting to yellow. There were > spectacular thundershowers around, spewing snow and rain, putting a full > white cap on the peaks of the Sierras. Not exactly what I was wanting to > see for our bicycle race, which involved climbing up the highest paved roads > out of the Bishop area.. > Camped at Brown's Town Campground just south of Bishop at around 4pm, > Friday evening, just in time to pick up my race entry, mix up all my food > and drink for the race's early start, and hit the sack to listen to the rain > and hail on my van's roof...A nice commercial campground, interesting to > watch the urban campers from LA showing the cattle to their kids...."Look at > that, Jason, that is a C.O.W......Like what you get at McDonalds.." > Camped there again Sat. nite, then down to Big Pine for Sunday's racing, > which took us up to the base of the glaciers north of Mt. Whitney, then to > the rim of Death Valley across the Owens Valley and then up to another > mountain top finish amongst some ancient Bristlecone pines.. > Back in the van Sunday at around 2pm and headed north, quite a bit more > tuckered out. Planned on spending some time flyfishing near Paisley, Or. on > the return, but my alternator quit. That saga in another thread. > Weighed the van at a weigh station and saw 4100lbs total, with 1900 rear > and 2100 front, full travel mode... > A very fun outing. Learned a lot about electrics on the van, and became > intimately acquainted with all the mountain side road in the Owens Valley of > N. California's Eastern Sierras.. > Don Hanson >


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