We accepted an invite from our great friends John and Craig to camp with them at their favorite spot in the Eastern Sierras called French Camp at Tom’s Place.  It’s about 30 minutes past Bishop.  Now, this is my favorite part of California so I had no problem saying YES even though it would be our first time “Dry Camping” YIKES!  I figured these two would be the best to learn from and I was right!

We headed up on Friday, arriving around 7pm.  Loved the campground!  We were right in the middle of huge boulders and trees with a stream going through at the back of the camp.

We had a great time exploring with Craig and John.  They know the area very well and have been camping there for years. We had a great dinner of pot roast at the local camp restaurant the first night and cooked the rest of the time.  On Saturday we visited the craft fair at Mule Days in Bishop and Craig found a nice hat!  It’s his color!  More exploring of the rugged parts yielded some gorgeous pictures.

Dry camping was a breeze. We learned SO much about our coach that we didn’t know like how the batteries work and that we do have some electrical outlets that work on battery!  The Keurig was too much for battery power but we worked around that by using the generator anyway.  We filled up with water before the trip but lost 1/3 of it on the way up. Craig said it was flying out as we passed them on a steep grade.  Something must be wrong there…the overflow must be open all the time.  Need to ask Camping World about that.  Luckily the camp did have water only 200 feet away so we were able to fill up using a nice 200′ flat hose the guys carry with them.  Need to add that to our list of necessary equipment.

A trip into Mammoth on Sunday to meet some of Craig and John’s friends was a lot of fun and soon our trip would be ending.  Lots of memories though and a new favorite camp site for use.  Can’t wait to take the family to French Camp…I’m thinking Fall colors up there will be gorgeous!