Mr. Squirrel, sounds like a delightful time in what sounds to be a wonderful place. Envious. Hotter than hell here right now. mcneely ---- Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Four night camping trip on the verge of Big Summit Prairie in the Ochoco > Mountains east of Prineville, Ore. > > Newspaper article about the Prairie here: > <http://www.bendbulletin.com/article/20100715/SPORTS0411/7150320/> > > BSP is mostly private land, but it is surrounded by National Forest and > BLM lands and dispersed camping (i.e., you can camp wherever you want) > is permitted. No developed campgrounds. No cell service. No toilets. No > water. No people. > > Towing my little camping equipment trailer, I drove up there in about 90 > minutes' time and found a sweet spot in a copse of shade trees. Set up > my Lazy Boy awning, set up the solar panels for the Vitrifrigo > refrigerator, set up my latest toy, a Old Smokey charcoal smoker, and > proceeded to do as little as possible for the next few days except cook > and wander about. > > A friend joined up bearing beer and wine and Fig Newtons and stayed > nearby for two nights. It got into the upper 80s, lower 90s during the > day, upper 40s at night. > > No mechanical issues to report. > > -- > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott > 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, > Bend, Ore. -- David McNeely |
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