Oh, I do agree that when it is muddy, you don't want to be at Lakeside. One will never get out without help. I'm more concerned about clouds and weather this year. I read online we are looking at another winter like last winter but we'll see (I hope not!). On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
On 10/4/11, Jay Eads <jayleads@gmail.com> wrote:
I have found that unless it is extremely wet, and wet the week before to the day before a trip, the west desert is usually very dry.
Yeah, if it dries out for a few days beforehand, Lakeside should be ok. Should be.
Cattle have pounded the dirt out there into a fine dust and after a rain, it's the stickiest clay mud in the world.
Some years ago we talked about getting permission to dump a few dozen yards of gravel there, but it was way too expensive. Probably more so today since the cost of diesel has skyrocketed since then.
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