Saturday, August 9, 2008

Return to Green Creek


After the Bear Incident, Hali and I were of course ready to leave early Saturday morning. So we threw everything into the truck, took one last look around, inserted the key into the ignition, turned it, and . . .

Nothing.

Yup. Battery was dead.

More fussing and dithering. Finally Hali got up enough courage to knock on Ed’s door. He kindly (after some technical back and forth with the cables) jumpstarted the truck.

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We’ve seen Green Creek on the blog before.

The Green Creek Campground itself is a very idyllic spot, located amidst aspens and pines with the constant murmuring and burbling of Green Creek in the background; I’ve often stayed there.

Alas, it’s clear the campground is sorely in need of bear boxes. Hopefully there’s an installation schedule already in place, because without bear boxes . . .

Anyways, it almost goes without saying that the Camp Hosts for our stay were extremely helpful: kudos to Ed and Jeannie Abrahamson! And special thanks to Ed for that "Chasing-Off-The-Bear" thingie he was able to accomplish.

Yes, yes, and the jump start. Did I mention that Ed is a photographer as well?

Photos: Green Creek—Sierra Nevada, 2008

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