Hey Robert, I was just on the EC website (below) and they've revise it
since I last looked, including a section about camping around the Bishop
area.  Check it out, it lists a lot of FS sites, etc.
  Don Hanson

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

> Been all over that area, one of my favorites, right on my annual migration
> route.  Been up all the side roads on this quite ambitious bicycle race
> http://www.everestchallenge.com/  and I am planning on doing it again this
> year with the hope of actually finishing, this time.  Two years ago, when I
> DNFed the snow level was way down..at around 7000' and it was brutal cold
> (late September, freak snowstorm)
>
>   There are plenty of great campsites around there.  Recommending a
> favorite...impossible.  You may have crowd issues on a high summer
> weekend..it's pretty handy to LA but when I've been there fall and spring,
> it's never busy.  You could spend months along the east slope of the Sierras
> and not get bored.  Around Mammoth and June there are plenty of backroads
> for primitive camping and up every canyon you'll find a few excellent forest
> service campgrounds..But be aware the roads are steep..Have some good brakes
> for the descents.
>   Have fun, a great place..
>   Don Hanson
>
>   On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Robert Fisher <refisher@mchsi.com>wrote:
>
>> ... with three kids and a dog.
>>
>>
>>
>> We're considering doing this in the '87 GL (auto). It's a roughly 3-hr
>> drive
>> and a 5-6000 foot climb. If anyone that has experience with that drive
>>  (on
>> 395) in a Vanagon and/or camping in that area would like to pass on tips,
>> tricks, warnings and must-sees (not about the kids and the dog, we have
>> that
>> covered), I'd appreciate it.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cya,
>>
>> Robert
>>
>
>