Travel Day heading for??

We left Hat Creek campground about 10:30 this morning.. We had originally planned to go to “Cave” campground here at Hat Creek, but changed our mind while we were the dump.. Said to Ev we should try McCloud Res, where our neighbors/friends Craig & Jane go.. Ev agreed so I called Craig the directions and off went, Craig was so nice to give us a great detailed info how to get there.
We pulled into McCloud just before lunch so had lunch at “Floyds Frostys”, I think that was the name of it?.. had a hamburger (very good) and headed for the secret place where Craig & Jane camp.. Well we drove out to the lake, and just as we got to the boat ramp, the rest of the road was CLOSED!! USFS had placed signs that read “road closed”!! DANG! Turned around and now the questions is “where do we go now”? We drove back to McCloud to the “ranger” station.. Stopped and asked a “ranger” what was open?? We were pretty irritated thinking that everything “forest service” is Closed??!! It is only October 9th and it is like 80 degrees! Hat Creek Campground closed 10/9?? OMG, trout fishing season is over November 1st ! TOO MUCH REGULATION! TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT! Punish us who pay our taxes.. but waste where the government wants it!! ok ok.. no politics!
So when we were talking with the ranger at McCloud he was surprised that Hat Creek was closed!! It is only 1 hr south of McCloud.. anything government, the “right hand don’t know what the left hand is doing”, so typical (WASTE). Ok.. so we asked the ranger “what is open”, he said I do believe (he believes? this is his job!~)“Medicine Lake” is open.. Ok so we decided to take our chances.. too us about 2 hours or so to get here!! To our surprise it is OPEN!! Yipeee!! We drove through the campground looking for the perfect spot.. We found it.. however it was a “son of a gun” to get into.. we had to have lake front! So it took some maneuvering, but we got it!! Had to jack knife the trailer to get it in! But did.. aawww… pheeewww.. but all worth it.. GORGEOUS! Love it! 2 Reasons why we love it.. The obvious reason is that it is gorgeous! number 2, the price is normally $7 a night, but there is no water on in the campground (due to freezing weather at night) price is $5 and if you have the senior pass it is half that price!! YEP $2.50 per night!! wooo hooo we scored!!!
As you can imagine we are pretty exhausted after all our travel today..more than we had anticipated at any rate! We are about 50 miles from the nearest “service”, store/gas/etc.. happy we have everything…
I did txt a few people telling them where we would be, that was when we going to McCloud.. no one knows where we are now.. oopps…

        

       

New England Clam Chowder (Cali Style)

Best Clam Chowder.. Original recipe came from our moose member Kim Frietas
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Tony’s Place at New Years

Happy New Year!

We spent our New Years in Somerset, CA with friends at beautiful cabin. We got there early in the week and did some shopping at near by Placerville "Hangtown". We visited the Moose Lodge in Camino, CA (known as the "Placerville Moose Lodge" uummm??), not sure how that happened.. Lots and lots of history in this area of CA .. visit their website >> http://www.cityofplacerville.com/
We also took a drive one day on Omo Ranch Road toward Jackson, CA. We visited Jackson Rancheria, but had no luck gambling there. DANG! New Years eve we spent at the cabin having left overs and hor' duerves for dinner. Tony fired off some shots at midnight to bring in the new year with a bang!! Scared the hell out of all the dogs, we had 7 dogs and 6 people. On New Years Day we drove up to South Shore Tahoe and did some shopping at this great little shop Sidestreet boutique >> http://sidestreetboutique.com/ . Judy bought a beautiful vest at the boutique. After a couple hours of shopping we were hungry! We all decided to go to the Lakeside Inn Casino and have lunch in their dinning room Timber House Restaurant. http://www.lakesideinn.com/index.html They have good food, small casino atmosphere and I love going there.

We ate most dinners and breakfasts at the cabin. Judy and I both love to cook!! Our first night we had home made lasagna and barb-qed tri tip..uumm good (see other recipes>> http://www.clearlakevacationsonline.com/recipes/index.html , other nights to follow were spiral ham, cauliflower, mashed potatoes and salad. We ate some dinners out.. Breakfast were in cabin.. great time had by all..

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