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Krump - your camping story about perching your tent trailer on a ledge in CA reminded me of a camping trip to the Sierra high country in the Toulomme Meadows section of Yosemite right after we were married. We had great plans to watch the stars and neck for awhile (we were newlyweds after all) in our sleeping bags out in the open next to a roaring campfire - but - Mother Nature rained buckets on our parade, so we crawled into a pup tent for awhile. Not long after the rain ceased the mosquitos came out in Biblical proportions driving us back behind the tent screening. Lathered up w/ insect repellant wasn't any fun in a sleeping bag, and killed any romantic notions either of us had. . .And then along came the camp garbage bears thrashing thru the underbrush and all hell broke out in the campground w/ other campers screaming "Grizzlys" (there aren't any in California), "bears!", etc. We dove into our crowded S10 Blazer and rolled the windows up tight -the food wasn't hung in a tree like it should have been, but still inside the truck -stupid. All nite we debated and argued as to whether or not we should just toss it out the window and let the bears have at it. (We didn't.) In the end we sweated it out -literally - for it was uncommonly warm and humid. We weren't sure if there were more mosquitos inside the truck or outside. The bears eventually wandered off, we killed most of the mosquitos, the sun came up, and my wife swore she'd never go camping with me again. Don't think we ever went 'parking' again either ! We did venture over to the Sierra RR in Jamestown the next day and cuaght some good close up pictures of it steaming thru the meadows ouside of Jamestown. That place is like a time warp w/ its beautifully preserved depot - not over restored. . .And the roundhouse, turntable, numerous small steamers, yards full of vintage wooden equipment, and other intersting and unique MOW stuff. Back then one could wander about unsupervised all over the property, but I'm sure the ambulance chasers have curtailed that these days. That place is a must see for a train buff if ever in the Sierra gold country. A slice of heaven on the left coast.
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