Date:         Sat, 20 Jul 2013 17:59:22 -0500
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Mini Trip Report
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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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.

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David McNeely