Trip Report by Ken Lollich:
SATURDAY (5/24/03) WE
TOOK CHUCK WELLS, AUTHOR OF FUNTREKS,
INC., ON THE TRAILS
AROUND THE OVERLAND TRAILS AREA.
CHUCK MAKES GUIDE
BOOKS FOR MODERATE, SUV AND HARD
CORE CHALLENGES. HE
HAD FINISHED SOUTHERN CAL AND WAS
BEGINNING WORK ON
NORTHERN CAL.. ANYWAY THERE WERE 6
RIGS ON THIS RUN. WE
DID SEVERAL TRAILS AROUND THE
AREA. SUNDAY WE
WANTED TO FIND THE BACK WAY INTO
SHAVER LAKE. WE TOOK
THE WRONG TURN AND ENDED UP HIGH
UP ON A NEARBY
MOUNTAIN. ON OUR TRIP DOWN, JOES LEFT
WHEEL BEARING DECIDED
TO GO BAD. GOOD THING WE
WEREN'T FAR FROM
CAMP. ROD WENT BACK TO CAMP AND GOT
JOES TRAILER AND
RETRIEVED JOES JEEP. WE ALSO DID A
DEEP WATER CROSSING OR
TWO EARLIER IN THE DAY. WE HAD
VERY GOOD POT
LUCKS. JOES TRI-TIP SATURDAY AND RIBS
ON SUNDAY. GOOD
GRUB. CHUCK STAYED ANOTHER DAY AND
DID BALD MOUNTAIN. WE
WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS CLOSED BY
THE RANGERS. A GOOD
TRIP, THE WEATHER WAS GREAT.
HATED TO COME HOME.