Camping this summer..

[Chad4000]

Now that is what I'm talking about. Used to go there yearly growing up... I've heard the water isn't quite what it used to be, but it's still a monstrous lake. I remember not being able to see land in certain sections of it.

Ive only been there once... I certainly miss it. we did the house boat, jetskis, 19' boat etc.. that was a blast...

[Irving]

It's too bad no one can camp on any of the islands some of the lakes have. That would be a blast and seems likely to be able to contain any fires pretty well.

[Chad4000]

^^ that's a really good point... this summer is killing me!! lol.. (not to make light of the real issues.. but i want to go camping!!!!)

[One Shot]

thats awesome!! thank you.. I will look into Pathfinder in WY. I mean if everyone had fires going up there and no rangers came up to kick em out, that has to be a good sign.

how remote are we talking?

Glendo has the fire ban going, we looked into that. Mcconaughy was a good idea but they have quiet hours lol.. and powell apparently doesnt allow beach camping anymore, so it's way out of our price range. thanks again for the info!!!

Well there weren't alot of tent campers... actually about 90% of the people camping up there had an RV or a Camper. Only a few of us in tents. There were quiet hours at 10pm but we stayed up alittle later and didn't have a problem, but there werent very many of us and we kept it quiet. You could try the primitive camping side of the Dam. It looked like it was mainly beach camping over there. There werent very many people over there and they were pretty well spread out so you might get away with gettin alittle rowdy over there.
You may also check out Alcova which is a couple miles north of Pathfinder. If you're really wanting to get into some nice fish then check out Grey Reef which runs into Alcova from my understanding. There are some VERY nice fish in Grey Reef.
As far as shooting.... I couldn't tell you where to go up there. But Casper is like 40 miles north of Pathfinder and I know they have shooting ranges.

Wyoming can be windy, but there weren't very many mosquitos. Actually I didn't get one mosquito bite.

[Chad4000]

^^ I will look into it further for sure. if there is a possibility of just getting up there and finding a spot,, I think we can do that..

thanks again!

[rockhound]

so this place that we normally go to has a well established fire pit. Im talking 12"x12" rocks in probably a 6 foot circle. dug down etc.

I dont supposed that would be ok? i mean if you are allowed to burn at all, then there has to be regulations on what a fire pit is?

or maybe I am just wishful thinking...

Wrong, the only fire pits allowed during a stage one fire ban is inside a national forest campground, park county for one is in a stage two, no fires period, unless propane or natural gas, nothing that would cause an ember including smoking of any kind

Pony up the bucks and get a propane fire pit and a spare tank of gas and be safe about its use

[Chad4000]

Wrong, the only fire pits allowed during a stage one fire ban is inside a national forest campground, park county for one is in a stage two, no fires period, unless propane or natural gas, nothing that would cause an ember including smoking of any kind

Pony up the bucks and get a propane fire pit and a spare tank of gas and be safe about its use

certianly always safe... i never said that the rock pit was for sure good, i was asking a question, so thank you for the clarification.

so a portable propane fire pit would be ok.. cool.. that might be an option right there....