Lakes Basin

Aidan and I managed to snag the last vacant campsite in the Gold Lake Campground, one of several rustic little campgrounds in the Lakes Basin Recreational Area of Plumas National Forest. Is there a prettier place to stake your tent? Directly across the rutted dirt track from awesome Gold Lake and a family of robin fledglings and a short hike to any a number of other lovely mountain lakes and wildflowers, not to mention proximity to Frazier Falls, Butterfly Valley, and the Feather River canyon. And if you failed to catch any trout or are not in the mood for camp cooking, you can take a short drive down to Graeagle and find a quite acceptable restaurant, with distanced outdoor seating, naturally. Dad called that "living off the land."