Thursday June 8, 2023 Plumas National Forest CA.
Nice camp
That’s what we decided this morning, so we decided to stay another day here to enjoy it. It’s the type of camp we’ve been looking for exploring this creek’s access points.
Fishing
Marty tried his hand at fishing again but again, no luck.
Exploring
I walked up the creek along it’s edges to do some exploring.
It’s really a beautiful creek, very lush.
There’s lots of beaver holes and stuff along it’s banks.
There’s also lots of big boulders laying on the ground in this area. I went this way on the way back to camp.
Stormy
We sat around and noticed the thunder clouds were forming early today, around noon and we were wondering what that would bring.
Around three PM we found out, the thunder started high up in the clouds and it started to rain lightly, at first. Then the lightning picked up and the so did the rain, sometimes turning to hail.
We were sitting in our cozy vans enjoying the thunder and lightning strikes which at first were far away, then the lightning started getting closer.
KA BOOM
Boom, bang, we got a few hits real close that shock the vans. A few of them hit so close and so fast, it felt like you jumped out of your skin, at least that was the feeling. It lasted for about two hours before the rains let up and the sky quieted down so we could get out of our vans.
Our camp was petty wet. That was one impressive storm.
Sitting around
Once the rain drops stopped we sat around outside in our chairs discussing the storm and shooting the bull.
No better luck
Marty got his shovel and tried to find some worms or bugs for fishing, but his luck at that was no good either, just like the fishing.
Great camp spot
We like this camp a lot.
Trail cams
Marty sets up his trail camp over the creek.
I walked up the trail along the creek to set up my trail cam.
I put my trail cam here along the creek. I think there is a beaver lodge under those big rocks as I heard them under there twice.
An evening photo looking down the creek from our camp.
And the sun going down across the meadow to our west.
Nice day.