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August 28, 2005 | Dan Blackburn, Special to The Times
MY neighbor tempted me with the notion: a magical mountain campsite. No-hassle reservations. Only half a day's drive from Los Angeles. Car camping without being campfire-to-campfire with 100 other people? In one of the most popular areas of the most populous state in the union? In the summer? Was it possible? The affirmation came in the form of Quaking Aspen, a campground inside the national monument.