6/1/09 - El Dorado National Forest, CA

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We left Lorna’s house and drove west to the Sierra Nevada mountains. There was still a lot of snow in the mountains. In looking for a campsite we went down a road that was snowed over and impassable. We had to back the trailer up until we could turn it around. We ended up camping at the Forest Service Caples Lake campground (much of which was closed). There was no water available (nor electricity, for that matter). We didn’t have any water in our tank because we didn’t want to haul all that weight 8,000 feet up into the mountains.