Bunker Lake

Despoiler · 07-05-2004, 03:03 AM

We just got back from our annual camping trip up in the Sierra Nevada’s. Took the whole family for the second year in a row, now that the kids are getting big enough for the hike in the lake, about a mile. My brothers and I have been hiking into this lake since we were 5 and 6 with my father and now I am taking my son (6) and my daughter (5). No one around for miles just us and the lake. Spent a lot of time fishing, did not catch anything. Haven’t caught a fish in this lake since I was 18. A couple of summers ago my nephew caught an 18 in trout in the lake using a bobber and Salmon eggs. So I know there are fish, but not like when I was a kid. My brothers, sisters and I brought our entire families with us, so this little lake saw more people than it has seen in years, there was a total of 13 of us. On Saturday my brothers and I broke out the guns and had a little shooting class for the kids, I think they enjoyed it and learned a lot about guns.

All around a good time for everyone, but my brothers and I were a little disappointed that it was not just the guys, besides it sucks having to carry everything that women consider important to camp i.e.: tent, air mattress, more than one pair of pants, and yes a bottle of hair conditioner. We had to make two trips to get everything down to the lake.

Rufus Rhastus J · 07-05-2004, 08:57 AM

I'm jealous! No vacations for me, for a very long time....still paying for the last one.

colt45 · 07-05-2004, 09:46 AM

yea i'm jealous too thats some nice looking landscape.

PAPA G · 07-05-2004, 11:12 AM

for a real vacation, leave the wimmins home :nod:

Dale · 07-05-2004, 03:50 PM

Allen, I've been in the general area several times and your pics bring back some nice, nice memories.

But, I'm surprised the Californa gestapo allowed you past their check-points.

LOL.

Snakebite · 07-05-2004, 04:03 PM

That is some nice scenery. Doesnt matter about catching fish!
A lake without saguaro, ocotillo, prickly pear, cholla cactus and Mohave rattlers is a good place to be!

ScottD · 07-05-2004, 04:10 PM

Oxford · 07-05-2004, 07:28 PM

With all the millions of people in California, it's amazing that your lake isn't infested with more humans. That's got to be a fun place to get away from everything except...frogs, snakes, birds, fish?, and more.

:nod:

Despoiler · 07-06-2004, 02:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dale

Allen, I've been in the general area several times and your pics bring back some nice, nice memories.

But, I'm surprised the Californa gestapo allowed you past their check-points.

LOL.

It is all national forest land, all we needed was a fire permit (no charge), same laws as the rest of the nation for national forest.

07-05-2004, 03:03 AM	#1
Despoiler Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The Occupied Territory of California Posts: 2,232	Bunker Lake We just got back from our annual camping trip up in the Sierra Nevada’s. Took the whole family for the second year in a row, now that the kids are getting big enough for the hike in the lake, about a mile. My brothers and I have been hiking into this lake since we were 5 and 6 with my father and now I am taking my son (6) and my daughter (5). No one around for miles just us and the lake. Spent a lot of time fishing, did not catch anything. Haven’t caught a fish in this lake since I was 18. A couple of summers ago my nephew caught an 18 in trout in the lake using a bobber and Salmon eggs. So I know there are fish, but not like when I was a kid. My brothers, sisters and I brought our entire families with us, so this little lake saw more people than it has seen in years, there was a total of 13 of us. On Saturday my brothers and I broke out the guns and had a little shooting class for the kids, I think they enjoyed it and learned a lot about guns. All around a good time for everyone, but my brothers and I were a little disappointed that it was not just the guys, besides it sucks having to carry everything that women consider important to camp i.e.: tent, air mattress, more than one pair of pants, and yes a bottle of hair conditioner. We had to make two trips to get everything down to the lake. Last edited by Despoiler; 04-05-2007 at 02:45 AM.

07-05-2004, 08:57 AM	#2
Rufus Rhastus J Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: West, Central Florida, Third World America Posts: 6,339 Images: 1	I'm jealous! No vacations for me, for a very long time....still paying for the last one. __________________ "They cannot be trusted.....The Romulans (our politicos) are without honor." Worf

07-05-2004, 09:46 AM	#3
colt45 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Occupied Territories of New York (Buffalo) Posts: 2,898	yea i'm jealous too thats some nice looking landscape. __________________ "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity" -Sigmund Freud, General Introduction to Psychoanalysis "If guns cause crime, all of mine are defective." - Ted Nugent "Self-defense is Nature's eldest law." -John Dryden

07-05-2004, 03:50 PM	#5
Dale Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Too Dang Hot, Arizona Posts: 4,284	Allen, I've been in the general area several times and your pics bring back some nice, nice memories. But, I'm surprised the Californa gestapo allowed you past their check-points. LOL. __________________ "It confuses me how some people can vigorously go against the 2nd. Amendment and still call themselves patriotic"-me

07-05-2004, 04:10 PM	#7
ScottD Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Evanston, IL Posts: 1,020	. __________________ "Some people can not live without wilderness"-Aldo Leopold

07-05-2004, 11:12 AM	#4
PAPA G Guest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: somerset, kentucky Posts: 11	for a real vacation, leave the wimmins home :nod:

07-05-2004, 04:03 PM	#6
Snakebite Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tucson, Mexico Posts: 1,844	That is some nice scenery. Doesnt matter about catching fish! A lake without saguaro, ocotillo, prickly pear, cholla cactus and Mohave rattlers is a good place to be!

07-05-2004, 07:28 PM	#8
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 13,101 Blog Entries: 4	With all the millions of people in California, it's amazing that your lake isn't infested with more humans. That's got to be a fun place to get away from everything except...frogs, snakes, birds, fish?, and more. :nod: __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".