rodney. you're more than welcome to crash at my place and then caravan up with us from there.
here's a mapquest link that'll get you very close. as you're coming up highway 88 you will cross tragedy creek. right after that the road crests a hill and just before you reach the top, there is a turn -out to the right. it's marked mud lake. you can zoom in on the map and follow the dirt road south to mud lake.
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp...te=ca&zipcode=