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Subject:Re: Name of campground along 395?
From:Michael Elliott
Date:Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:05:27 -0700

Chris Flat CG?

Lookee here:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/htnf/recreation/camp_picnic/bridgeport/bridgeport_camping.shtml

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Michael Diehr typed:
> 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?
>