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The Sierra in September
Independence Creek Sept 7-10, 2016
Camp at Independence Creek Campground outside of Independence California. Used to be $10 a night now $14. Spent two nights for $29. They offer a senior discount of $80 for 15 days if you get a hold of the right people somewhere. Even though I was in the shade until afternoon it was too hot. About 94 in the shade and 103 in the trailer. Trailer never got below 80 until midnight. Actually the campground is in the Owens Valley next to the Sierra.
Rodeo Meadows, Sequoia National Forest Sep 14-18, 2016
Fire restriction were in effect even in Fish Creek and Troy Meadows Campgrounds. (The Southern Sierra had already had its fair share of big fires this summer)
Camp (Across the road from the Rodeo Flat fire safe area)
The first night I made it as far as the cutoff for the Bitter Creek Trailhead, I left enough room for somebody to get by me although I didn't expect anyone to want to. Next morning I was considering moving down the trailhead road farther. I was exploring another road 100 yards to the north when I noticed vehicles going past my rig. When I got back there they had an American flag on a 40' mast and a fuel truck which had Jet-A on it. They said they were going to be spending the day doing clean up. I finished exploring the road I had been hiking when they showed up and decided to move there. By the time I was ready to move the Jeep and trailer they had another vehicle show up and block the road behind me leading to the trailhead. Latter the helicopter came and landed. They made many trips with objects on the end of a long cable. The next morning I found nothing so they must have trucked whatever out.
View towards Bald Mountain past Rodeo Meadows  from ridge above camp (Camp to the right out of sight)
The second night at about 7350 feet and with a little cooler weather in it didn't get above 71 in the shade and about 78 in the trailer. The fresh water in the trailer still needs work, a cup of tea was terrible. On Friday I went and got some water out of the spigot at Fish Creek Campground. Both Fish Creek and Troy Meadows have water, campers and no fires. Fish Creek had a campground host but at $8.50 a night senior I stayed at my site a few miles short of Fish Creek Campground.
Aspens at Granite Knob at around 8,500' are starting to turn.	The spring fed water tank at Powell Meadows was barely flowing
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