Monday September 30, 2024 Smoky Creek Ranch RD. Ca.
We finally got back in some cell phone service as we are near H 395 headed for Janesville and back into the Plumas National forest.
I posted five or six blogs today, but am not sure they are posted.
Donkey camp
We moved our chairs out into the sun to warm up this morning. It wasn’t that cold, but it was just nice in the sun’s rays.
I decided to go for a walk around the trees that were around Parker reservoir. The reservoir was mostly dry right now.
This was the only water left, a small puddle. Our camp is in the trees in the back.
On the road
Eventually we got on the road, headed south on Smoky creek ranch road. It was aa fairly good road with only a little wash board. It’s a main road. I think we saw one other car today.
We stopped here to check out this spot for a camp, but not good enough for us.
I did spot this spider crawling around. It was about two and half inches.
We went down a side road that looked promising for a camp. It was early in the day but we were looking for an early camp spot.
The little pond looked pretty good.
We pulled our vans around the edge and we were camped. This pond turned out to be a big spring that was the start of a creek.
I walked down along it’s edge to check the area out. The place was loaded with quail.
A little later Marty and I walked over to these trees to check them out as they were in a straight line like they were planted. We didn’t find anything in that spot indicating any kind of structure was once here, but I think there was.
We also checked out that old cabin. It hadn’t been used in a long time.
Late in the day, I walked up this hill a bit to look around the area. We are camped down there.
Nice looking camp spot, eh.
These ducks flew in to stay for the night in the evening.
Nice day.
