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Train Spotting 3 (Twain, Northern CA)

Event Details

Time: June 10, 2011 to June 12, 2011
Location: Hallsted Campground (NFS), Twain, CA
Street: Highway 70
City/Town: Twain, in Northern California
Website or Map: http://www.westywoman.com/Hom…
Event Type: campout
Organized By: westywoman (Melissa)
Latest Activity: Jun 13, 2011

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Event Description

A campout in the scenic Feather River Canyon. Fall asleep to the sounds of the trains. See historic train sites. Soak in nearby hot springs (may be closed). Walk to the Twain General Store for ice cream with the kids or take a drive into historic Quincy. See website above for details. Reservations suggested but not required at www.recreation.gov. PLEASE NOTE: The restrooms with flush toilets will be CLOSED. There will be "tinkle towers" available. Hallsted will undergo some major construction in July as they will be installing new bathrooms and adding RV hookups. Enjoy our quiet little campground while you can. Site 16 has NO privacy.

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Comment by westywoman (Melissa) on December 12, 2010 at 7:52pm: We are returning to Hallsted! Event has been updated in the calendar.

Comment by westywoman (Melissa) on December 22, 2010 at 7:29pm: Swiftriver just posted on Dec. 19 that the owner of Woody's Hot Springs near our campout has closed down the springs due to unruliness by patrons. I will attempt to contact the owner to see if I can arrange a private soaking for our group. Please reply if you'd like me to pursue this.

Comment by John LaTorre on December 23, 2010 at 12:04pm: I've just made my reservation for two vehicles on spot 014 ... the same one I had last year. Who wants to buddy up? (You'll get a discount, since I got the senior rate for the campsite.)

If Woody's is the one with the high sulfur content, I think I'll give it a miss. I already smell bad enough ....

Comment by westywoman (Melissa) on December 23, 2010 at 8:09pm: John, you smell all right to me. I'm sure you'll get a taker on #14, that's a great site.

Comment by westywoman (Melissa) on January 17, 2011 at 9:15pm: Minor website updates. Enjoy some Feather River Canyon railroad video.

Comment by westywoman (Melissa) on February 28, 2011 at 7:10pm: I already have calls in to the Park management to make sure we have BOTH bathrooms open this year. I'm sure they think I'm nuts, the place is buried in snow right now. At least I have all the contact names & numbers that I need.

Comment by westywoman (Melissa) on April 3, 2011 at 9:16pm: BATHROOM UPDATE: The restrooms with flush toilets will be CLOSED. There will be "tinkle towers" available. Hallsted will undergo some major construction in July as they will be installing new bathrooms and adding RV hookups. Enjoy our quiet little campground while you can.

Comment by westywoman (Melissa) on May 14, 2011 at 4:42pm: Busy lining up sponsors and SWAG! Looking forward to goodies from GoWesty, Van Cafe, Highway One Coffee and Stephan's Auto Haus, for starters.

Comment by Joel Bubeck on May 14, 2011 at 4:44pm: Looks like I have a training even I must attend Saturday morning but I plan on hitting the road right around 2 pm and should be there by dinner time! Sorry I won't make it for the traditional Friday night opening. But I do plan to stay until Monday.

Comment by John LaTorre on May 15, 2011 at 12:12pm: Hmm. For those of us who plan on going to Maupin more or less directly from Trainspotting (and for the moment, that included me), I could see staying another night.

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