This was our first trip out with the new trailer, it was windy, cold, rainy, and absolutely stunning. The Carr fire really did a number on this place. You have to use your imagination in most places around here to see what once was but the campground survived fine. Unfortunately most of the trails were closed for safety concerns but we did manage to get on a couple, and do some sight seeing. Whisky town access is closed at the temporary bridge for non-authorized access. I'm assuming the town didn't make it either.

We had the camp host a .25 mile from us, and on the second day another camper came in another .25 mile past them. Very solitary, and peaceful.

The first night the very friendly camp host stopped by to warn us that in our exact spot someone stole a generator, but I lock mine to the trailer so it's harder to take. He also warned us that there was a bear in the area, that it was docile but would for sure come in to check for snacks. True to his word, I woke up the next morning, after cooking sausages the night before, I put the grill in the back hatch and there were bear prints on the hatch where she came in to take a sniff. No damage.

The next night, I was outside about an hour after sunset, having a cigar, listening to both kinds of music, country and western, when I got that hair tingling sensation on the back of my neck. When I looked to my right, she was no more than 8' from me licking the ground, not caring about me at all. I cooked breakfast on the griddle in the wind that morning and it didn't stay fully contained, and she came in to clean up. I ran her off, but she didn't seem to care much. I finally got her up a tree, while I was trying to run her off for the night. She was having none of it and just chilled out up there. About an hour later, wife and I were watching a movie when I looked out and she was back.

Apparently she's a transplant, after recovery from another fire. She's obviously used to humans, so don't be the one that feeds her or acclimates her more to humans. We want her to be wild and free, and not start causing damage to your stuff, or being a nuisance.