Kings Canyon/Sequoia Weekend Camping Update

[John Crittenden]

Good News!      We were informed a couple of days ago that the National Parks campgrounds closed and our reservations were canceled.   Some of us couldn’t deal with this situation maturely and cried like babies, and some of us came up with a solution after crying.

We now have camping available for about 12 tents!    This will be at Lemon Cove RV Park, about 10 miles from Three Rivers.    You can check out the website for Lemon Cove—there is a pool, showers, decent restrooms, and some shade if needed.      Don’t know about local restaurants, that will be up to each.   I personally will be dining in front of my tent.

So, this is for CAMPING.     If you wish to camp, please list your names below or update on this post.   We have three sites booked, 3-4 tents per site, which includes one “platform” site.   Max of 18 people, 9-12 tents.      All else is the same on the original post.

1.   John Crittenden
2.   Dave Eastly
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Karl/Sharon W.

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Diane/Erasmo

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Steve Leo

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We will endeavor to keep the cost the same as originally, $15 per person per night—-that may change a bit, but shouldn’t be more than that!

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[Ron Zablocki]

Thanks John – I’ll go ahead and update the route files to add the Lemon Cove RV Park.

[Erasmo Brenes]

John,
Thanks for setting up a new site. Diane and I are in (one tent). Thanks.

[David Eastly]

Going!! I’m guessing I won’t need my heated vest?!?

[John Crittenden]

NOTICE: If we do not fill up the camping by Wednesday morning, I will be cancelling one of the sites, so please, if you are camping, let us know sooner rather than later.

[Karl Wagner]

John,

Steve Leo posted he is going to camp on the other thread, FYI.

Got to love my LD Comfort and a cooling vest!!!! 🙂

Karl

[Harry Hoffman]

Hi John,
Thanks for the update on the new camping site. I will be attending the ride and I’m really looking forward to my first glimps of Kings Canyon and a great weekend! Before this Post however, I already made reservations at a nearby Airbnb close to Lake Kaweah. See you all on Friday morning!!

[Harry Hoffman]

Karl Wagner,
Cooling Vest?? I’m interested! What brand is it and how does it work? Do you simply dunk it in cool water then wear? Basically, I’m looking at options and it’s great when others have recommendations. Thank you in advance. -Harry Hoffman

[Karl Wagner]

Harry,
You will get several input on this question. We have the cooling vests from Cycle Gear, we carry an appropriately sized dry bag with them on trips. When needed we toss the vests in the dry bag, fill with water and soak up the water for a few minutes. Then drain, lightly wring out and wear.

There are several brands of cooling vests, but I anticiapte the most expensive to the least expensive ones have maybe 5% improvement.

If you want to REALLY improve your cooling, get a shirt and shorts from LD Comfort. David Eastly refered me to these at the 2015 MOA Rally and to date it is the best product reference I have ever received, from a pretty good guy to match. We wet the shirt and shorts and it is pretty amazing the effect, combined with the cooling vests.

You have to order LD Comfort items on line, no local sales that I know of.

Either way get a cooing vest and do not wear cotton, it does not breath!

See you in Lemon Grove!

[Ed Taylor]

Karl, Great advise. I just sharing, Death Valley recorded 130 yesterday. The hottest recorded temperature anywhere on earth in the last 100 years. See you and Sharon in Sequoia Ed

[Karl Wagner]

Ed, I saw the 130 degree DV news…….. so at 105 we will be chilly, right???? 🙂

See you Friday evening!

[Harry Hoffman]

Thanks Karl & Mark for the Cooling Vest ideas. I’m definitely going to check into the LD Comfort. Looks “cool”! (Yeah, I couldn’t help myself). 🙂

[Mark Borgeson]

Harry,
Cooling vests are awesome. You get them wet with cool water. They basically work by evaporation – maybe 10 degrees once moving. They last for an hour or two and then need to be soaked down again. There’s another type of vest that uses ice pack inserts. These work a lot better but you need a freezer and once they are used up they need to be frozen again.

[Bill Allen]

Good job, John!

[Eric Wolf]

Hi All,
I just added myself back onto the ride/camping list for KC/S. I’ll bring my air conditioned skivvies 🙂

John, thanks for rescuing this.

[Karl Wagner]

“Air Conditioned Skivees”……….. Reminds me of Bikrams icebox cooled vest……. That pool is going to have to stay open later than 10pm! 🙂

[Karl Wagner]

Hey John C,
Regrets, but Sharon faded with the weather report…. 🙁 I will be solo. .
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I will be doing a dirt/pavement route up to Lemon Cove Thursday/Friday or all on Friday…. still putting plan together. So see you near dark on Friday evening in Lemon Cove when it cools down……. well, “cooler”… see you in the pool!

[John Crittenden]

Great, Eric.
I’m canceling site #3, as I’ll be working out of town the next couple of days, and it doesn’t look like we have any more campers. There still will be room on the two sites we have.

[Karl Wagner]

John, I see 8 tents registered above, 4 per site already, is that not the max/site?

[Karl Wagner]

John,

Two out, down to six in tents, you are prophetic! 🙂

[Erasmo Brenes]

John,

After looking at the weather forecast for Lemon Cove (100s), Diane and I have decided not to camp. We’re looking for
a hotel in Visalia (none available in Three Rivers).

Thanks

[Ed Taylor]

Erasmo, You might try Comfort Inn in Three Rivers again. I know of a few cancellations earlier today. You might get lucky! Ed

[Erasmo Brenes]

Hi Ed,
Thanks for the info. We’ve already got a room at the Comfort Inn Suites in Visalia. It is a short ride to the
Lemon Cove campground so we’ll meet the group there at nite, when the temps are more reasonable :-).

[John Crittenden]

Too late to cancel one of the two spots we still have. So, we’ll just keep the two sites and hopefully have some trees to set up under!

[Karl Wagner]

Got home at 7pm tonight, took the “Long Way Home” with Eric and Harry so Eric could bag two passes on the way home, Sherman and Walker. Great finish to a good weekend of riding and camping. Thank you Bill for setting up the weekend and to Ron, John and Eric for leading groups.

[John Crittenden]

Thanks, Ron, for putting this together! It is like herding cats, isn’t it!

Steve L, David E., Erasmo, and I rode Yokohl Road from Lemon Cove, then the straight hot

shot home. I got home about 3pm and hit the showers! Thanks to all for a good time. And, the camping was pretty good, although not in the Park. The showers and pool helped keep us cool!

Bill Allen, this one’s for you—wish you could have been there!

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[Ron Zablocki]

Actually John – I think herding cats is much easier.

[Eric Wolf]

Super thanks to Ron, John, and Bill for all the prep work! And, actually, staying at the campground with showers and pool was a bonus after long, hot days of riding. Great roads and great friends.

[Ed Taylor]

Karl, So tell me about Sherman Pass. Its been several years since I have been across. I always felt like maintaining Sherman pass was an afterthought. Ed

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