Early March Sacramento area

“My bad Gordon... I was reading about one of the trails was made from the gold rush wagons... Not that they mined around there. This would be the reverse of Too Much Information. Thanks for straighting me out.

As far as the trip goes, I should know by Thurs or Friday this week as to how many days I have to play.”

“-----> scribling down notes furiously as ppl type'em out!....”

“The Ishi Wilderness doesn't have gold rush background, but very interesting history nonetheless. It's named after a Native American many called Ishi, who was reputedly the last remaining member of the Yana Indian Tribe. Great reading, check out this link http://www.library.ucsf.edu/sc/hist/ishi/ for some basic info.

Great spot to visit, lots of interesting CA history.”

“So did I get some bad Sushi or what? I was checking out the links on Ishi, and I swore I read it... Okay.. I am going back to my corner.

There was an Indian tribe.. Right? (just kidding)”

“freedom:
The Lassen Emigrant Trail was used by wagons for about two years. It follows the main ridge dividing Mill and Deer Creeks. That route was abandoned after the discovery of Beckwourth Pass (or Beckwith, alternative spelling) farther south. The new route was faster and easier so the Lassen trail fell into disuse.

As a side note of interest -- after a fire in 1990 a complete set of iron hardware from an 1848 vintage wagon was discovered in the burn, down a steep side ravine from the Lassen Trail. The iron parts are now in the Tehama County Museum. The wooden parts were long gone.”

“Joe... sent you an email!”

“I got Sat off of work. I am a go for the trip. Who else is going and who can't?”

“Got the e-mail. How is your back doing?”

“Back is getting better. Pain is almost gone. My phyiscal therapist gave me a thumbs up on the trip.”

“Leatherneck
Pepperdog
Freedom
Roseymonster
Naked Ape
Snow Nymph / Snow Dude
Rockbuck
Wanderer
Dunk
Gordon
Poppinfresh”

“Not that I can make it. Sounds fun though, I lived in the East Bay area for 8 years.

If I were going to do a weekend or multiday trip from Sacramento in March, I might go to Lassen. The Grants Grove/Wilsonia area of Kings Canyon can be fun in early March.”

“So what are we looking at? Day hike? Overnight? Ishi Wilderness? For a day hike that would be a little far from Sacto. I'm not available for Sunday so I would be most interested in a day hike, maybe Desolation/Tahoe area.”

“PepperDog,
I thought we would all meet either Friday afternoon or Saturday morning at the Black Rock campsite in the edge of the Ishi. We could then use the campsite as a base camp and do out and backs from there. Will that work for you?”

“Cool, if the dates don't jive with a 10 day, I can make this......

errr, exactly what am I making, it sounds like Ishi or some where around there...anyway it's close enough to Lassen for me to get there fast....

If it is around Ishi...I know some super secret climbing areas near there....

It would be great to meet you all, and see the nymph again.....”

“Is this the camp ground you were thinking about meeting at....
Black Rock Campground
another view...
Black Rock Campground 2
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Man, I love this map program...if this is the area, I can put up all the maps you folks want.”

“Black Rock Campgroung just on the edge of the Ishi is the Place.

You have an e-mail coming!”

“Is anyone driving up on Friday and back on Saturday night? What time do you come in to Sacto, Leatherneck?”

“PepperDog,
I'll get into town at 12:40 on Friday afternoon. I'll send ya an e-mail Monday with more details.”

“Geez!!!! This trip came up fast! Guess you can take us off the list. Just checked the map, and its almost 550 mi each way. Probably a little too much driving for a weekend trip. 300-350 mi one way is about my limit. I'll have to catch you guys next time!

8-(”

“PepperDog,
I just sent ya an e-mail.”

“Are you going to try and make this one?”

“This is the last time I'm going to bring this thread to the top! Anyone else interested in joining the good times we will be having this weekend?”

“I called the Rangers office in Chester, Ca today. They were getting snow but assumed the Ishi area was getting rain. The drive in is very steep and there is concern about getting back out without 4x4. I do have one, so we will see how it goes.

I also picked up a campfire permit for the group. I'm bringing a 2 burner camp stove so if anyone wants to skip packing a stove, that's fine. Hope to see ya'll soon!”

“Urgent project just popped up at work. I'll be working Saturday.”

“I can't make it now either, got a client for back country skiing lessons.

Have a great time all of you, wish I was going.........”

“Thought I'd check in and see how this thread progressed...thought I might be back in town by now but I guess not.

Hey Freedom, take lots of pics, eh? Bringing KeeterDog?”

“4 degrees this morning at 5200 feet.
Storm is supposed to hold off until late saturday or sunday morning.”

“Leatherneck - sorry I never got back to you last week - work was pretty heavy and I have been fighting bronchitis since late January so going on a camping trip sounded less and less like a good idea. I was looking forward to meeting some more TTers.

I hope you had a good camping trip and have fun in Elk Grove (garden spot that it is). You are actually very close to a couple of great bird watching areas, the Consumnes River Preserve and Stone Lakes (I think it is called) if you have the time and interest.”

“Hey I didn't get a call from ya LN or Freedom today, missed yuns again for a lunch, dangit. Mebbe next time, I just noticed I was on the "to go" list, ain't shore how I got there, but I weren't supposed to be. Not that it matters very much, I just don' wanna be known as a shammer, knowwhutImean?”

“Hey Nekkid... We jus decided to pull out of these woods a day early cuz of all the ruin an wether an all. Got bout 4 inches of white stuff too..

Email me boy, and we may hook up soon... c.braun@prodigy.net”

“Tommy! KeeterDog had a marvelous time for such a senior citizen. She got to see cows and everything. I gave her the opportunity to run for about 1/2 mile in the snow and she wasn't postholeing. Imagine THAT! Har har har.... So, when do you think you'll come back to these parts?”

“Sigh. I'm done making predictions. I never thought I'd see December here in da great nortwoods eh, but here I am.

Still, I look at our pics on my website and there was much more snow out there that here!

So get any good shots of this last trip?”