The High Country

Tuesday the 10th, we decided to check out the area northwest of Torrey, in search of possible dispersed camping sites for use in the future, hopefully near lakes.  We were not disappointed.

The day trip took us into the high country within the Fishlake National Forest.  We were driving over the 8,000 ft mark, and into some beautiful sage covered mountains, which featured many little lakes and reservoirs.  Sites for dispersed camping (with no hookups) abound in the area, and the best part is that the camping is free.

A nice location we came upon was Forsyth Reservoir.  There were many sites that would take multiple camping units, right along the lake.  Paved all the way in from Highway 72, it would be an easy entrance and exit with a camping trailer.  The skies would be dark, and campfires were permitted.  The distant highway rarely had a passing car even during the day, and the lake was void of people, with the exception of a couple of  fishermen out in small  boats.   This is one place we will note for the future.

Susan D, our friend from back home, being a amateur geologist, would  love walking through the low sage plants in the area.  The entire valley seems to have been created by glacial movement, leaving the ground covered with small, partially rounded rocks...  much like a riverbed.  The variety of the little stones were amazing, and beautiful.  We were caching in the area, and as we hiked out through  the sage, we each found ourselves stopping often to grab another cool stone of one kind or another.  You would  love it Susan.

One of the curious things we saw during our drive into to the high country was a single sheep and its lamb along the side of the road, just standing there as if  they were surveying the nearby hills and farmland.

Before heading back to the campground, we decided to travel into the National Park in search of a good picnic area.  We finally had lunch outside a little nature center down near the Fremont River, but the lunch was rushed due to no-see-ums that are traveling through the river area during the two week period we happen to be here.  :-(   Yuck!  Hate these guys.....  Thank heavens they are not on the trails.

The biting midge, (no-see-um)