California Spring Bush Bash 2011. Sequoia NF. April 29 - May 1 **NOW WITH PICS**

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Spring is here and it's time for the California Bush Bash again! Everyone is welcome. Chime in if you plan to attend.

Info:
The Bush Bash is an informal camping weekend in the Sequoia National Forest. The location is an open field (meadow) surrounded by forest. Camping is car-camping since you can park by your tent on the field.

Activities include fatwood hunts, shooting, knife/tomahawk throwing, archery, hiking, firemaking, and eating good food around the fire along with whatever else sounds fun.

We usually have a knife show of sorts. Here's a pic from last fall's knife collection:
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Date:
Friday, April 29 - Sunday, May 1. Some people get there on Thursday. Sometimes. The rest get there around noon on Friday (or later).

Location:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...666784,-118.967128&spn=0.003769,0.008149&z=18

Here are the threads from previous Bush Bashes:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=784770
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=774164
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=669091
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=686107
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=689986
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=709625
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=737466

Here are the directions. Google directions won't work. Follow these:
Lambertiana said:
This is how to get there:

I am assuming everyone can get onto eastbound 198 from 99 at Visalia. Proceed east on 198 past Visalia. You eventually get to a stop light on 198 that is marked Exeter/Rt 65. Set your trip odometer to zero at that intersection, and continue east on 198.

At mile 9.0, turn left on 216 toward Woodlake.
At mile 9.6, turn right on Dry Creek Road
At mile 26.2, turn right on Stagecoach toward Eshom/Hartland
At mile 28.5, turn right toward Hartland/Eshom
At mile 33.7, ignore the right hand road, continue straight
At mile 36.4, turn left on the dirt road. The campsite is 0.1 mile in.

There are no other roads turning off of any significance - just ranch and private property roads, most of them with gates.

The dirt road has deep ruts. My Subaru made it no problem, and another guy who was with me had no trouble with his 2WD minivan. You just have to straddle the ruts.

I borrowed a friend's GPS, and this is what I got, standing in the middle of the clearing:

36 degrees 39.557 N
118 degrees 57.403 W

11 325196E
4058666N

From my house in the western part of Visalia it took 75 minutes. [...]
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Wildewinds said:
Activities include fatwood hunts, shooting, knife/tomahawk throwing, archery, hiking, firemaking, and eating good food around the fire along with whatever else sounds fun.
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Question is: who can resist this?
May 6 it is.........................:D:thumbup:
 
damn...if it was a little later i would make the trek out there. this sounds like an awesome time. sadly i have to be in school getting ready for graduation.
 
Good deal, looking forward to this. I have some time off then so I'll probably head up on the 5th and leave the 9th. Can't get enough of camping, knives, and poopin' in the dirt.
 
Damn, can't make it. I will have just returned from a trip a few days prior and won't be able to get the time off.
 
hhhmmm... i will look into it and see if we can make it again.. it's been awhile..
 
I'm going to try!

One problem you may have with this weekend is Mother's Day. If you pushed to the following weekend, you might get better participation.

DancesWithKnives
 
Well, since most of us don't stay long on Sunday, those of us who live in the LA area would be home before 1 or 2pm. I guess it would only matter to those who are going to lunch with their moms. They would have to leave a little earlier (like 9am).
 
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Well for someone like me who drives a VW bus i need to add another hour or two to get home.... Oh well but atlist i got a bed to sleep in in comfort while you boys sleep on the ground in the mud.

Sasha
 
Okay, because of Mother's Day, we're looking to change this to the weekend before (April 29-May 2). Unless I hear from more than 1 person that this change will keep them from coming, I'll make it permanent and change it officially.

Why can I do it officially? Because I've just nominated and voted myself in as the Bush Bash Official Scheduler.

:)
 
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