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#11 Ted

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Posted 17 June 2014 - 07:53 PM

 

YEah. Got the set up...  

Let talk about it....

 

 

Marc, that would be fantastic since I missed the other pig roasts. Might want to wait and see how many people commit before planning something that big, though. Whatever we do, it will be nice to enjoy your cooking skills. Let me know what I can do to help out.


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#12 fish more

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Posted 17 June 2014 - 08:38 PM

Confirmed, will be there on thursday thru sunday. May have to make a dry run to scope out a area, sounds like we have a lot of interest in the event. There are camp spots along the lake as well as some sites in a small grove of trees at the dam end of the lake. There is also a large area where they stage 4wd events, the only problem, no restroom facilities in that area.


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#13 craig333

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Posted 17 June 2014 - 09:04 PM

Keep in mind its about ten miles of dirt road to get there if you follow the easy route. I don't think its likely but in October you never know what to expect for weather. Hopefully campfire restrictions will be lifted by then.


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Posted 18 June 2014 - 05:39 PM

Yes you never know what mother nature will bring, but just wait thirty minutes and it will change. Bring it all, shorts, rain gear, shovel, snow shoes, Tucker Snow Cat, 4WD, kayaks and don't forget the "cold" beer !!


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#15 Espresso

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Posted 19 June 2014 - 04:45 AM

Does anyone know if there is a 4WD road from Fordyce Lake to Meadow Lake?


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Posted 19 June 2014 - 05:05 AM

 

Trail info


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Posted 19 June 2014 - 03:27 PM

If we can't be there, we'll have to encourage the gang from the sidelines (well, actually we'll be back East).

 

You must know there is an authentic gold rush cemetery, just north of Meadow Lake.

Meadow Lake Cemetery.  It's worth a walk around, and is very close to the camping at the lake.

It's possible to continue north all the way to Jackson Meadows on this rougher road.  

 

Summit City (1866) located at Meadow Lake was quite populous with a population of 5,000 at the peak.

For historians, you can't beat 

Bean's History and Directory of Nevada County, California: Containing a ...
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Posted 19 June 2014 - 03:28 PM

The trail is extreme and rough, large steps, need a rock crawler to navigate the trail.


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Posted 19 June 2014 - 03:43 PM

I've been watching this and the other thread.  I don't think I can make it tho.  I'll be in Texas the week prior and then in Pendleton for a work conference the week after.  I've never spent any time in the Sierra's other than passing though and this would have been a good excuse to go. If there is a pig cooked, I'll be really disappointed I can't make it.  I've done a few of those myself and that is some great food and fun times right there.   


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Posted 19 June 2014 - 04:02 PM

Ted - Please add us to the list . . . . arrive Friday afternoon.  Thanks - Richard


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