Fascinating.  My first USN ship duty was aboard the USS Truckee.
Sam Conant
Colchester, Vermont
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:24 AM
Subject: Campgrounds along Truckee River in Calif.?

> Mrs Squirrel has to attend a conference in Reno, NV in July, at the end
> of which she wants to join me and Mellow Yellow and do a little camping
> near Lake Tahoe. She's thinking that if we can find a nice spot close to
> Tahoe, maybe along the Truckee river, she could talk her sons and
> grandkids into visiting. They'd want to stay in a Tahoe hotel and do the
> stuff they like to do, like gamble, and everyone can get together to go
> rafting and other outdoorsy stuff.
>
> The Truckee river area has been a popular camping destination for
> generations, and I imagine that campgrounds along the Truckee fill up
> soon and many, if not most, could not be be considered secluded by any
> stretch of the imagination.
>
> Recommendations? CGs that don't look like trailer parks, aren't as
> crowded as Hoovervilles
> (http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t029/T029195A.jpg)?
>
> --
> 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
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