Post by: washelkhunter on March 15, 2012, 09:18:57 PM
easy hiking, oxygen, man the trees just give off good air there. You can always get a campsite. Whats your fav?
Post by: KFhunter on March 15, 2012, 11:34:32 PM
can't think of a one I enjoy, they are full of people and rules.
Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on March 15, 2012, 11:46:46 PM
I used to enjoy an annual trip to Bonaparte Lake, stay in a cabin, eat at a restaurant, catch 16-20" Brookies, 22-28" Rainbows, and Mackinaw up to 17lb's, (never paid attention to Kokanee, unless I wanted bait) then the smalmouth took over.... :bash:
Post by: jyerxa on March 15, 2012, 11:52:05 PM
I do have to admit that dunking my head in a frosty winter stream so I didn't stink so bad after four day gave me a head ache. :chuckle:
*&*&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& whoa &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
Hold on now. I've been city slickered so much I am paranoid nowadays.
These guys liked nice and soft stuff. Elevated in a cot.
Snicker snicker.
They were pop cycles in the morning. LMAO. :chuckle: One frosty night was all it took to teach then how to camp in below freezing weather.
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Still sounds bad. Sleep close to the ground while still insulated from it. I like my Eureka tent for bad weather. I sleep like a baby in that little contraption.
Post by: MikeWalking on March 16, 2012, 12:12:22 AM
We spent a lot of time at Alta Lake as a kid, late 60's-early 70's. Before all the development. Saved a kid from drowning there. Rode my Honda SL70 all over the place. I keep thinking of it as Alda lake after Grandma Alda Whitely. Grandpas' #2 I must of eaten my weight in Perch in all those years. :chuckle:
Post by: RadSav on March 16, 2012, 01:46:30 AM
I hate camp grounds, all of em.
can't think of a one I enjoy, they are full of people and rules.
:yeah: If I want to be around a bunch of drunken idiots and some power hungry care taker I'll go to a Mariners game. At least I can sleep in the next morning without having to listen to some guy warming up his diesel truck for an hour.
The squaw and I like to trailer camp, tent camp and occasionally do a bivy. However, there has to be a dang good reason for us to use a designated camp ground. Back when Weyerh'ser would let us camp in the Winston during late archery we'd spend a full two weeks up there. Those were good times. Head home for the weekends to avoid the crowds and take a shower. Although crowds weren't all that bad back then.
Post by: PolarBear on March 16, 2012, 02:34:04 AM
I hate camp grounds, all of em.:yeah:
can't think of a one I enjoy, they are full of people and rules.
Post by: rasbo on March 16, 2012, 02:45:19 AM
Post by: Miles on March 16, 2012, 05:21:01 AM
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Post by: Hornseeker on March 16, 2012, 06:05:01 AM
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As for the drive in campgrounds.... Yuck.
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Post by: dad98684 on March 16, 2012, 07:35:42 AM
I hate camp grounds, all of em.:yeah:
can't think of a one I enjoy, they are full of people and rules.
too many people are inconsiderate pigs
Post by: jyerxa on March 16, 2012, 08:03:48 AM
This is my all time favorite, its about 4 miles from the truck in a nice little mountain range in Montana. Sites are fairly level... nice little creek about 40 feet from the tarp.... elk usually bugling within 400 yards of camp in September... no one to be seen....
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As for the drive in campgrounds.... Yuck.
Yeah, now that is what I'm talking about! NICE! :tup:
Post by: Curly on March 16, 2012, 08:13:54 AM
I just use it to park my camper or trailer for a place to sleep. During the day, I'm out on the lake or river or out in the woods........then back to camp when the sun goes down. That way you don't even get to see the other people that are in the campground. :twocents:
Some of my favorites places have been Maryhill State Park, Potholes State Park, Steamboat Rock State Park, Central Ferry State Park, Crow Butte State Park, Charbonneau Park and Hood Park.
Post by: Arteman on March 16, 2012, 09:03:34 AM
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Post by: trophyhunt on March 17, 2012, 08:29:41 AM
Sun Lakes Resort, lots of things for the kids to do. Good swimming, good fishing, and I enjoy the golfing. We try to stay a week every year.I agree, and we love jumping off those clifs on deep lake (i think it's called deep lake). Although we did watch a kid jump off the 180' cliff a couple years ago, it was like watching a suicide. He ended up breaking his back I believe, and no we couldn't stop him the 180' cliffs are about 1/2 mile from the 10 and 20+ cliffs. Another point, you do want to shower after swimming, one year we got the itch from the water.
Post by: Curly on March 17, 2012, 08:37:09 AM
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on March 17, 2012, 09:06:38 AM
Post by: MikeWalking on March 17, 2012, 09:28:32 AM
Looks like a place where Kirk Sweetsir might take a person.
Dropped me off about 3 miles up stream. This is the spot where days later I crawled out to see Mama Griz and two cubs come my way. Can you say "Got Small" they eventually ran into the greenery you see in the top photo.
Post by: Arteman on March 18, 2012, 10:12:18 PM
I know what cliffs your talking about, that's crazy somebody jumped it, I don't even like looking off them, we jump the little ones. Was walking out the trail once and there was a rattler in the middle of it so im cautious with my children now. Also my daughter got the itch after swimming in the resort lake, bunch of red bumps all over. The wind storms that can whip up in there make it interesting as well. We slayed the trout one year, it was so much fun, couldnt keep them off the hook. Last time we went the trout fishing wasn't so good, but we drove up to Banks and made a killing on the smallmouth with just a #2 bluefox. I look forward to a week of that weather, always depressing coming back to the cloudy wetside in the middle of the summer.Sun Lakes Resort, lots of things for the kids to do. Good swimming, good fishing, and I enjoy the golfing. We try to stay a week every year.I agree, and we love jumping off those clifs on deep lake (i think it's called deep lake). Although we did watch a kid jump off the 180' cliff a couple years ago, it was like watching a suicide. He ended up breaking his back I believe, and no we couldn't stop him the 180' cliffs are about 1/2 mile from the 10 and 20+ cliffs. Another point, you do want to shower after swimming, one year we got the itch from the water.
Post by: huntnnw on March 19, 2012, 11:56:48 PM
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Post by: washelkhunter on March 20, 2012, 09:34:38 AM
Post by: hoytem on March 20, 2012, 09:53:25 AM
I too don't like campgrounds, but I do have one I have stayed at probably 100+ nights in my life..sheep creek up above northport. No pay and always empty and peaceful.:yeah:
Post by: PolarBear on March 20, 2012, 10:02:25 AM
Post by: swanny on March 20, 2012, 03:10:23 PM
As a kid, we went to Keller Ferry every summer in August for 2 weeks. Always will be my favorite place to go. Now my parents have property up the lake in Lincoln. Can't wait until I have kids and get to take them over on the lake for fishing and wakeboarding.
Post by: huntnnw on March 20, 2012, 09:48:04 PM
Dont be to hard on the camp hosts they have had a great effect on keeping the riffraff either out or certainly in line families where fed up going camping and having to put up or be driven out by a bunch of drunk louts doing whatever they pleased
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I had a horrendous experience in Kooskia,ID last year with a camp hosts and my family....cops were called..needless to say we packed up and left for another camp at 10pm
Post by: TangoU on March 21, 2012, 12:31:19 AM
Yeah, campgrounds can be a pain sometimes. But it's also easier sometimes. Quality comes during quantity. If you have kids, and you help create these memories for them of being outdoors and sleeping under the stars, fishing, swimming, and all that, then you will have created that next generation of outdoorsmen and women. An that's a good thing. :tup:
-Allen
Post by: Camp David on March 21, 2012, 05:30:33 AM
Post by: MikeWalking on March 21, 2012, 11:51:50 AM
The campgrounds up Icicle Creek road in Leavenworth are great in the summer time. You have the river and tons of hiking and biking to do in the summer time.
I use to use those a lot in the 80's while guiding on the Wenatchee. Mom and Dad had a favorite, 8 Mile, I think. We spread his ashes up there.
Post by: timberghost72 on March 21, 2012, 01:36:25 PM
The worst place we have ever been was Mardon Resort. Hated that place.
Post by: pianoman9701 on March 21, 2012, 01:47:39 PM
Post by: netcoyote on March 21, 2012, 02:02:14 PM
Today, I rarely go to any established CG and usually camp out of the bed of my truck or where I can haul my small trailer as far away from the masses as possible. Now I have grandkids coming along so I may try to revisit some of those good times back at Lyon's Ferry.
Post by: NRA4LIFE on March 21, 2012, 02:21:32 PM
Headed to Grayland Beach this week. It's nice when the clam season is open as you can walk out right from camp.
Post by: Sumpnneedskillin on March 21, 2012, 02:34:13 PM
When my kids were young, we liked to camp with several other families at Lyon's Ferry SP over near Washtucna along the Snake River. We would go for the Memorial day weekend because it usually had nice weather and was a good way for us west-siders to get a good dose of much needed sun and warm, dry air. It was an annual event for us for many years until the kids grew up. It was big enough to never feel overcrowded and I don't recall ever having problems with the usual campground jerks.
Today, I rarely go to any established CG and usually camp out of the bed of my truck or where I can haul my small trailer as far away from the masses as possible. Now I have grandkids coming along so I may try to revisit some of those good times back at Lyon's Ferry.
Lyon's Ferry SP is no more. You can stay across the river at the KOA.
Post by: TangoU on March 21, 2012, 10:23:35 PM
For family camping the wife and I have always liked Soda Springs campground off of Bumping Lake road.This is another of my childhood faves. I haven't had a chance to take my own kids there yet, though. Maybe this summer.
One of my favorites is on Granite Lake up above Bumping. Kinda rough getting up there and the fishing kinda sucks but it's a great place to go and chill for a few days.Agree, another cool place. And again a place I went as a kid, too.
Post by: hoytem on March 22, 2012, 10:10:41 AM
The campgrounds up Icicle Creek road in Leavenworth are great in the summer time. You have the river and tons of hiking and biking to do in the summer time.
As a kid, we went to Keller Ferry every summer in August for 2 weeks. Always will be my favorite place to go. Now my parents have property up the lake in Lincoln. Can't wait until I have kids and get to take them over on the lake for fishing and wakeboarding.
keller ferry is one of my fav's as well. I saw my first 5 bears while camping there. rode right up to a sow and two cubs on the old jet ski.
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