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Bishop-D Valley 08 Bishop-D Valley 08

2 Rcrst AlHlls Mnz Lws

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Aug 12, 2020
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Bishop-D Valley 08 Bishop-D Valley 08

2 Rcrst AlHlls Mnz Lws

Aug 12, 2020
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080325-4607RidgecrestMotel6 (Early morning in Ridgecrest.)

080325-4615RidgecrestSunrise (West of Ridgecrest on Hwy 395. Sunrise coming...)

080325-4617RidgecrestSunrise (Coming...)

080325-4624RidgecrestSunrise (It's here.)

080325-4627SofPearsonvilleMoonrise (South of Pearsonville.)

080325-4633PearsonvilleAccident (Near Pearsonville, this was a grab-shot through the window.)

080325-4634LittleLkTrucks (This is near Little Lake.)

080325-4637LittleLkCliff (This is the cliff at Little Lake. In the 1920's and '30's, there were some hotels and other buildings in the area. All gone.)

080325-4638LittleLkRocks

080325-4639LittleLkRockSign

080325-4641LittleLkRadar

080325-4642LittleLkSundowner (Another hill at Little Lake.)

080325-4644LittleLkHouse (This is the only building I saw.)

080325-4645CinderCone (Not far up Hwy 395 is this volcanic cinder cone.)

080325-4649CinderCone (Just off Cinder Rd is the road to Fossil Falls. I'm on the short lava-strewn trail looking back to the cinder cone.)

080325-4652FossilFalls (No fossils, no falls :-) The lava which has been weathered into these odd shapes, drops off to a 50-foot high gully in the middle of the shot.)

080325-4654FossilFallsShadow (Me and my shadow.)

080325-4659FossilFallsBird (Sort of an art shot.)

080325-4663LittleLkOvrlkCar (I've travelled 4 miles on a ratty dirt road to get here - the handicapped parking spot for....)

080325-4664LittleLkOvrlkKiosk (The scenic Little Lake Overlook, with its information panels.)

080325-4665LittleLk (And the view of Little Lake and the cinder cone.)

080325-4671OlanchaBigPineDist (This is Big Pine Distributors on the outskirts of Olancha.)

080325-4676OlanchaSiding (On a dirt road on the way to the Big Pine Distributors is this ruin of a siding. The mountains are getting larger and closer, and more snow is evident.)

080325-4678OlanchaBPDSign (I love this sign.)

080325-4680OlanchaBPDDog (This dog chased my car and tried to bite it as I slowly drove by.)

080325-4681OlanchaSidingCalAq (Looking back toward the siding and the California aquaduct.)

080325-4685OlanchaOwensLake (Looking across Olancha toward the mostly-dry Owen's Lake.)

080325-4686OlanchaSchool (The Olancha 'No Trespassing' School.)

080325-4687OlanchaWaterPlant (The Crystal Springs water plant just north of Olancha.)

080325-4688CartagoCafe (South of Cartago is this abandoned cafe and (I assume) house.)

080325-4691CartagoField (Not far up the road is this field. The historical marker has had the bronze plaque stolen.)

080325-4692SofBartlettOwensLake (The view of Owen's Lake from south of Bartlett. Just after getting back into my car, a highway patrolman stopped to ask if I was OK :-))

080325-4696CharcoalKilns (These are the Cottonwood charcoal kilns, just over the hill from the lake.)

080325-4697BartlettSaltMine (This has been identified as the PPG plant, near Bartlett.)

080325-4700BirdsSofLonePine (South of Lone Pine was this flock of circling birds.)

080325-4705RdToHorseshoeMdws (I wanted to take the zig-zag road to Horseshoe Meadows, but the ranger said it was gated pretty low down, as was Whitney Portal and other roads up the mountains.)

080325-4707LonePineSign (Just as well I didn't head up the mountain as I still had places to go and explore.)

080325-4708LonePineBus (This bus was in the parking lot between Carl's Jr restaurant and a small park. After a quick bite to eat, I'm off to...)

080325-4709AlabHillsMissAlabama (The Alabama Hills, named after a Confederate ship that sank during the Civil War. This rock is known as Miss Alabama.)

080325-4711AlabHillsMtns (The Sierra Nevada mountains from the Alabama Hills.)

080325-4712AlabHillsClimber (This is on the south side of Whitney Portal Rd.)

080325-4714AlabHillsClimber (Looks like fun.)

080325-4718AlabHillsMovieRd (Movie Rd leads through the area of the Alabama Hills known as Movie Flats because it is featured in many Western movies and TV shows. This view is in the opposite direction, though :-))

080325-4719AlabHillsOneMile (Some arches or rocks are individually named. This area is about a mile from the road intersection, where I thought I would find the One Mile arch, but didn't...)

080325-4720AlabHillsOneMile

080325-4721AlabHillsOneMile (Still, it was a neat area.)

080325-4722AlabHillsOneMile

080325-4723AlabHillsOneMile

080325-4724AlabHillsOneMile

080325-4725AlabHillsOneMile

080325-4726AlabHillsOneMile (I'm about 100 yards or so from the road.)

080325-4727AlabHillsOneMile (Some Alabama Hills and Sierra Nevada mountains.)

080325-4728AlabHillsTrail (Up the road to see Mobius arch, pictured on this sign.)

080325-4729AlabHillsMobius (A couple hundred yards up the trail, here it is.)

080325-4734AlabHillsMobius

080325-4736AlabHillsMobius (And from the other direction.)

080325-4737AlabHillsMobius

080325-4738AlabHillsHeart (Just up the road is Heart Arch. You can drive to a parking area and view it from a distance.)

080325-4739AlabHillsHeart (Or hike around for another view.)

080325-4740AlabHillsHeart

080325-4741AlabHillsHeart (I liked the sky.)

080325-4744AlabHillsRoundRock (Further up the road were these boulders. The biggest is about 5 feet high.)

080325-4745AlabHillsMoffatRchRd (Coming out of the Alabama Hills on Moffat Ranch Rd, and looking east across the valley.)

080325-4747ManzanarWoodenSign (Manzanar was the location to imprison Japanese and Japanese-Americans during WWII in the belief they might sabotage the west coast of the US.)

080325-4750ManzanarMPStn (The main gate entrance, and the few remaining buildings.)

080325-4752ManzanarSentryPost (Not far inside is this sentry post.)

080325-4753ManzanarIntPoliceSign

080325-4754ManzanarAdminSign (Most of the buildings are just foundations, if that much, today.)

080325-4755ManzanarBlock2 (Every year, there is a reunion of survivors and descendants.)

080325-4763ManzanarBldgSigns (There is some renovation going on.)

080325-4764ManzanarBldgSigns

080325-4765ManzanarCem (This is the cemetery, though I think it is mostly ornamental rather than functional. There seems to be less than two dozen markers along the back fence.)

080325-4767ManzanarCem (There are pennies and nails and other ornamental items on the monument steps.)

080325-4770ManzanarCem (One more view.)

080325-4777ManzanarGuardTower (I believe this is a replica of a guard tower.)

080325-4778ManzanarMusSign

080325-4779IndepRoadSign (Independence is the Inyo County seat, so it gets...)

080325-4781IndepCourthouse (The courthouse.)

080325-4782IndepMusRemnants (It also has a museum which is the center building in the middle, which is closed today, Tuesday :-( These tractor implements are part of it.)

080325-4783IndepMusRemnants

080325-4785IndepHouse (I believe this is a private home.)

080325-4786IndepAustinPlaque

080325-4787IndepAustinHouse (This former house of author Mary Austin is a historical landmark.)

080325-4789IndepConstruction (Some construction north of Independence.)

080325-4791IndepFishHatchSign

080325-4792IndepFishHatchFront (This is the front of the Independence fish hatchery. There is a display of photos, diagrams and information in the lobby.)

080325-4793IndepFishHatchPond (This is the pond and trees in front of it.)

080325-4795IndepFishHatchFrPond (Put them together and get this view.)

080325-4797DivCrkPwrStn (I've gone up Division Creek road off Old 395 Hwy to this Division Creek powerhouse. A bit underwhelming.)

080325-4800AberdeenBldg (Continuing north on Old 395 about 1 mile west of new 395, and passing through Aberdeen.)

080325-4801AberdeenFence (Looking east from Aberdeen. The small Goodall Creek still trickles through the town, passing behind the building and just to the right of this view.)

080325-4804AnotherRedMtn (This is another Red Mountain, north of Aberdeen. It is only 600-800 years old.)

080325-4809BigPineMap (Not much in Big Pine. Right next to this kiosk map was a 'Veterans Memorial'. The plaque boasts of flying the US, California, and POW flags.)

080325-4813BigPineVetMem (I don't see a flag.)

080325-4816ZurichStnRuins (A mile or two east of Big Pine are the remnants of Zurich train station. It originally was called Alvord, but was renamed in 1923 because it reminded a resident of her native Switzerland.)

080325-4817ZurichStnRuins

080325-4818ZurichStnRuins (More Zurich station remnants.)

080325-4819ZurichStnRuins (The foundation.)

080325-4821OwensvilleLawsMrkr (North of Bishop is this marker for Owensville, the first white settlement in the area in 1862, and the sign for the Laws train museum. Just a few years later the settlers moved on as the mines petered out.)

080325-4822LawsBldgs (Got to the Laws train museum just as the buildings were closing up for the day. You can still walk around, though.)

080325-4824LawsTrainBarn

080325-4825LawsHydroSign

080325-4826LawsEquipment

080325-4827LawsNavyGrader (This is a US Navy road-grader.)

080325-4829LawsTurntable (A renovated turntable used to turn train cars around.)

080325-4830LawsTanks

080325-4832LawsHydroDisp (Hydroelectric power apparatus from 1909-1915. The pipe is made of redwood. There are 5 power stations a few miles west in Bishop Creek.)

080325-4833LawsTrain (The Slim Princess #9 and cars.)

080325-4834LawsStation (The Laws station.)

080325-4835LawsPlaque

080325-4836ChalkBluffsSView (From the Chalk Cliffs looking over the Owens River toward Bishop.)

080325-4837ChalkBluffsSWView (On the Chalk Bluffs looking southwesterly over the Owens River.)

080325-4843ChalkBluffsTree (A big tree next to Chalk Bluffs Rd.)

080325-4847ChalkBluffsCows (Cows next to Chalk Bluffs Rd.)

080325-4848ChalkBluffsRd (This is why it's called Chalk Bluffs Rd.)

080325-4849ChalkBluffsRiver

080325-4850ChalkBluffsLosAngSign (Los Angeles is several hundred miles away, but siphons off local water via the California aquaduct.)

080325-4852ChalkBluffsMyShadow (Me and my shadow at the Owens River and Chalk Bluffs Rd.)

080325-4612RidgecrestMoonrise (West of Ridgecrest.)

080325-4614RidgecrestMoonrise

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