We Fixed A Bird

This is only one of the many posts relating to our Death Valley adventure. If you would like to see more of what we did on that trip please visit our main Death Valley page. While hanging out inside the Geologists’ Cabin one day I noticed a small black bird that kept walking through the …

Badwater Basin

This is only one of the many posts relating to our Death Valley adventure. If you would like to see more of what we did on that trip please visit our main Death Valley page. Years ago, long before Willow was born, I hiked up to the top of Mt. Whitney. A family friend flew …

Father Crowley Vista Point

This is only one of the many posts relating to our Death Valley adventure. If you would like to see more of what we did on that trip please visit our main Death Valley page. We left our camping spot in the Alabama Hills by 7am to get an early start before traffic and the …

A Little Spot Off 1S17

After our drive down Forest Service Road 1N10 to check out the Lumsden Campgrounds for future reference we decided to use the Geo-referenced MVUM we had downloaded from the Official Stanislaus National Forest website to find an undeveloped site to enjoy for a few days. We had seen several open Forest Service Road gates while …

Searching For Campgrounds in the Stanislaus National Forest

So, after our less-than-awesome luck with longer-term, undisturbed camping we decided to take a whole day and drive around and explore to see what was open and met our criteria. When we first got into the area the Freecampsites.net site had mentioned the Lumsden Bridge Campground off of Ferretti Road so we decided to take …