

| 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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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
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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?
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