Camp and Steel

July 9th - 11th 2025

Venue
Mirabel Campground, Forestville CA

A lovely campground beneath the trees and directly adjacent to the Russian River. Just after July 4th so it should be less crowded.

  • Celeste and Jon have a 4 passenger inflatable boat with oars they’ll share. You can join along, bring a raft or a tube, or just swim along, hanging off the boat the whole trip.

  • There is a Wal-Mart we will stop at on the way that has inflatable tubes, water guns, sunscreen, and junk. There’s stores in Santa Rosa too.

  • We should bring our forged BBQ or Marshmallow tools, trail tools, fire tools, and some materials for copper raising… anything else?

  • Campfires are usually allowed but it’s up to the State. They sell native, cured, firewood onsite, please don’t bring non-native wood in to burn.

  • There are plumbed bathrooms and showers that have hot water. Sandals or water shoes recommended (for the river as well).

  • We need foldable camp chairs if you have one let us know. Ditto for tents, if you have one you can bring and share let us know!

  • Family style for daytime food, bring shareables of your preference. There’s a store nearby with stupid good deli sandwiches and a shopping inventory well suited to campers/rivergoers.

  • There will be a propane grill with a burner on the side. Celeste and Jon will provide dinner both nights.

  • Anyone have or can make a trivet for the campfire?

  • Our tent is gigantic and has room for 4 other sleepers, when you RSVP (the form) let us know if you need a spot.

  • Expect to store anything with a fragrance in a Bear Box (jerky, toothpaste, deodorant, granola bars etc…). The box is large but everything needs to fit, go easy on the smelly stuff, please!

  • Mirabel park has rules about their campgrounds, please follow them, we love camping here!

Suggested donation: $20-$30 depending on how many cars and how much firewood we want.

 

Mirabel Campground

8400 River Road, Forestville, CA