Come Friday, October 15, 2010,
The Brothers of PXL Invite You to Join Us
For a Weekend in the Giant Sequoia National
Monument, as We Return to Clamp Whitsett!
Camp Whitsett lies among the tall pines of the Giant Sequoia National Monument. At an elevation of 4100 feet, Whitsett has served many a boy since 1946, hosting as many as 4000 Boy Scouts each summer season, year after year. The camp is well maintained and well developed, and best of all, once the kids are back in school Whitsett is available to groups such as Peter Lebeck. We last Clamped there in the fall of 2005, and we are often asked by Brothers who remember it fondly, "When are we going back to Camp Whitsett?" Well Brothers, this is the year.
At Whitsett you'll find plenty of space to Clamp among the Poderosas whether you are driving an RV or driving a set of tent pegs. It has showers and bathrooms, a large fire circle, and a beautiful five-acre lake with a dock that can be used to float your dingy or cast your line. The lake itself is stocked with fish, and so as long as you have your fishing license you are most welcome to try your luck in Ida Lake.
Getting there is pretty easy too, even for Clampers. For most it involves taking Highway 178 to the Lake Isabella off-ramp, then driving north through the Kern River Valley and up into the mountains. It's a nice drive where you'll follow the confluence of the Kern River most of the way; then west, and finally north, toward Whitsett. The roads are well maintained. Total distance to the camp entrance from Highway 178 is 35 miles, and you should allow at least an hour to make this final leg of the trip.
Brothers, you won't regret this one. Whitsett is one of the most peaceful and outstanding places you would ever want to Clamp in the Kern River Valley watershed, and we'd be honored to have you join us.
To download a map and more detailed directions click here or go to the flyer page for PXL's 2010 Fall Doin's. To read about Clamping with Peter Lebeck, click here.
ABOUT CLAMPING WITH PETER LEBECK
Kern County is a big place and it covers all kinds of terrain: from the driest portions of the Mojave Desert, to the snowiest pine forests of the Sierra Nevada; from the oak woodlands of Walker Basin to the still wild grasslands of the San Joaquin Valley. Then of course there is Fort Tejon, Pine Mountain, the Kern River Valley, the Tehachapis, and…you get the drift. Kern County IS a BIG and interesting place.
And needless to say, we do try to get around. So if you are looking for something different, always make sure to look us up when you are planning your Clamping Calendar. If you've Clamped the desert, try the mountains. If you've Clamped the mountains, try the desert. But always make an effort check with us because we may be going someplace you'd really, really enjoy, and we do get around.
PXL Clampouts are not so large that you'll ever feel lost, and not so small that you'll ever feel like you're crashing someone's private party. Brothers visiting from other chapters are always made to feel welcome, and we especially encourage you to drop by if you live in Kern County or the adjoining areas of southern and central California.
At Peter Lebeck we plan two, full-weekend Clampouts every year, one in the spring and the other in the fall, and we favor overnight outings because we believe it is the surest way to make sure that each of our Brothers makes it home safely. At Peter Lebeck we also believe that Clamping is as much about plaquing as it is about camping and camaraderie, so we try to mount at least one erection every year and we try to Clamp near by. So won't you join us for the adventure? We'll make sure you get an extra helping of Timbo's beans.