tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871699900658828682.post2293969740932593926..comments2024-03-28T00:08:07.129-07:00Comments on Explorations with the Ski3pins: Berlin Ichthyosaur State Park Nevada – May 2010Ski3pinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16653358876933848142noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871699900658828682.post-24939566812991109012017-12-11T12:07:14.253-08:002017-12-11T12:07:14.253-08:00Back in the winter of 1983/1984, when I lived in J...Back in the winter of 1983/1984, when I lived in June Lake, a friend and I took a snowy camping trip out that way. We took my trusty Ford F250 4x4 pickup, our dogs, camping gear and a weekend’s worth of food. We camped the first night just up the canyon from Ione, in front of an old Cousin Jack. Sleepless night in a KMart dome tent, a cheap, lightweight sleeping bag. Plus got woke up at 2AM by a curious local who wondered what a couple of “California idiots” were doing camping in the snow. Breakfast time found us down at what is now the Ore House, which back then served food. I remember the thermometer read below zero. Got a private tour of Berlin, Union ghost town and the fossil house by the bored and lonely ranger. Camped the next night at Grantsville.<br /><br />I last camped at Grantsville in 2006 during the Memorial Day weekend, it snowed. Tried to find the Cousin Jack above Ione in a full on blizzard, unsuccessful. A couple months later my wife and I passed through again on a trip to Jarbidge and found the Cousin Jack. Comparing images from 1983/1984 and 2006 show no appreciable degridation to it.Sagebrush Reconnoitererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431884203716366886noreply@blogger.com