Unit: Troop 92
Leader: Jordan Brown
Date of outing: October 12-14, 2012
Name of camp / trail / waterway: Calico Ghost Town
How did your unit's trip go?: Went well
Attended: 12 youth, 3 adults
Campsites used: 4
Type of outing: Camp
Distance to start: 134
Conditions
Weather: Mostly sunny
Site: Hard, rocky, enough wind to overturn tents - bring heavy duty stakes
Facilities
Number of sites available: lots
Water: Piped
Toilet facilities: Flush
Tables: yes
Fire rings: yes
Type of fires allowed: wood
Permits/fees
Normal pricing: non-hookup sites $30, 6 people/site, 1 car/site, 1 tent/site, $10 per extra car, $5 per extra tent. All per night.
Group pricing: $5/person/night, minimum 20 people, plus $20 reservation fee. Any number of sites (presumably within reason).
Note that with two people/tent, the extra-tent prices run up fast. Depending on details, group pricing is cheaper starting at 16 people.
Recommendations
Recommend return visit?: Yes
Sites are small.
A burger in Calico is around $9, and a drink around $3. That makes a typical lunch in the restaurant around $15 with tax and tip.
A combo ticket - gold panning, mystery shack, mine - is $5. Each individually is $2.
There is a night-time "ghost" tour, ~8pm?, $10.
Campground prices go way up for special events.
Bring money for shopping. Some good / interesting stuff (though presumably at inflated prices), some total junk. (Guess which the boys like to buy.)
Come home via Bass Pro Shop in Rancho Cucamonga, outdoorsman's Disneyland store - hot dog with chips and drink at the fudge stand $4-$5 including tax.
Scouts had fun?: Yes
Scout's Own?: No
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