Cuckoo Ridge Rd. Tahoe National Forest

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Today I started my vacation and decided to go back up to Mosquito Ridge Road. I mainly wanted to stop at a Ranger station and get some maps, but they were closed. I also wanted to check out the place where hubby said he wanted to camp. I didn't think we could camp there, so I went back to check it out. Nope, can't camp there. LOL From there I went back down the trail hubby and I had gone down a few weeks back. If I saw it right, it is actually called Peavine Rd. It leads to Grouse Falls. We saw another road off of it and today I decided to take it. It is called Cuckoo Ridge Rd. Figured I was kind of CooCoo, so might as well check it out. LOL It is a nice light off road trail. Got narrow in a few spots, wet in a few spots and beautiful all around. I only put my Jeep into 4H once, and I doubt if I really needed too, but didn't want to take a chance climbing up some loose packed rocks on the way back up one of the sections.

Here are a lot of pics. :D

This is along Mosquito Ridge Rd.

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Here is where hubby thought we could bring our friend with the VW Busses and camp. Nope, 15 Min parking only. LOL

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Here is the road that leads to Grouse Falls. I think it is called Peavine Rd. I really need to start caring a pen and paper so I can write these things down. LOL

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And this is Cuckoo Ridge Rd.

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There were a couple off shoots that I took. This is the end of the trail on one of them.

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Couple of narrow spots.
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Tried some different perspective shots. LOL

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Here is the end of the line of the second spit off. I guess one could go over it, but it ended up in a big hole on the other side.

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Someone has camped in this spot before. May have to do some tent camping here. Once I get my cots that is. LOL
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This next spot is just a road I saw coming back down Mosquito ridge road. It turned out to be the spot they store their snow plow for their tractor. Made for some nice pics though. :D
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I had some more, but I found out that one can only upload 50 files in one post. LOL I have a few more I'll share in another post. :D

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Just a few more pics.

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This is just a pull off on Mosquito Ridge Rd.
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I got a little dirty on this trip. Need to slow down when I get to those small looking mud puddles. They are deeper then they appear. LOL Now I have to wash the soft top. Ugh. LOL

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Had a great time though and plan to go back again sometime next week. :D