USA: California: Markleeville and Turtle Rock Campground

Markleeville, CA - September 17-18, 2016

My boyfriend Pope and I took a weekend trip to Markleeville, California on September 17th-18th. Markleeville is 40 miles Southeast of South Lake Tahoe. I often avoid Lake Tahoe on the weekends so this short drive from Reno was a perfect quiet getaway.
We traveled to Markleeville to decompress from Burning Man, play disc golf, and live the small town life.




Turtle Rock Camp Ground:
- Open May - Early October
-First come, first serve
- 26 RV ($15) or Trailer sites ( 2 handicap)
-12 Tent sites ($10). For the tent sites, you park very close and walk your things over into a fenced area.

The tent camping is very communal but tents may camp in the RV spots as well. We chose to pay $15 and take an entire RV site.
We chose to camp at Turtle Rock Campground because although it is a few miles away from town but there is an 18 hole disc golf course we have been eager to play.
We were worried the sites would fill up quickly but it was no problem finding a site. The only downside was the fire bans in the area. We couldn't dutch oven cook like we usually do.

We had a fabulous time here, spots were big but also communal. We made excellent friends with a vagabond named Doc who told us many many many many wild stories.

Another option for camping is at the Grover Hot Springs, yet the hot springs were closed for cleaning so we didn't have a chance to go.

Wolf Creek Restaurant and Bar
The only bar in town. We were determined to watch the Oregon Duck vs. Nebraska game Saturday afternoon. We were told by my dad, this bar had the excellent fries. As we walked up the place was full of bikers wearing pink and drinking a whole lot very quickly. Worried we wouldn't be able to see our game, we snuck in to the corner chairs and watched the flurry of the bikers.
The bikers were doing a Poker run through the Carson Valley, and flew away as quickly as they came.
I love small town living, and this bar is exactly why. The bartender was extraordinary. We had the whole bar rooting for the ducks by the end of the game and we left a little sullen but full of darn good fries.





Markleeville/ Turtle Rock Disc Golf Course
We loved this course so much we played in twice. It was a great walk in the woods. There is some good walking distance in between each hole. The terrain goes up and down making each hole rather unique. Decent map at the beginning of the course, which we took a picture of to help us on just a few holes.

Gardnerville: Overland Restaurant and Pub

On our way home, we wanted to find a brewery in Gardnerville but had no luck. Word on the street is a new Brewery is opening up near Carson Hot Springs later this season. Either way we were happy we stopped here. They advertise farm to table pub food although don't describe much on the menu which made me slightly suspicious. With that aside we had Bavarian Pretzels with beer cheese Sauce and Pulled Pork Sliders, both were very very good. Menu