Eastern Sierras Trip - Fall Colors

 Jim has had a trip to the Eastern Sierras to see that fall colors on his bucket list.  Since we are spending a lot of time at the cabin due to Covid, we are only about 3 hours away -- so we planned a trip this year.

Here was our itinerary:

• Camp in Inyo National Forest, Crooked Meadow - dispersed camping
• Hike to Parker Lake
• Do the June Lake Loop, stopping at June Lake Brewery for some beer
• Lundy Canyon, hike at the top of the canyon
• Virginia Lakes 
• Bridgeport, with a stop at the Burger Barn
• Twin Lakes, walked around the resort
• Green Creek Canyon

These four pics above show the Sagehen Meadow area.  We were going to camp here but decided to check out Crooked Meadow and liked it a little better.

The following 5 pics are from Lundy anyone.  We hiked to the Lundy waterfall and were amazed by the beautiful colors.

The following five pics are from Twin Lakes.  We walked around the area and Ahi particularly like the scratchy grass and took the opportunity to do an excessive amount of rolling around.

It was fun to checkout the little things - below shows Mono Mills which milled lumber for Bodie.  It was located close to where we were camping and we enjoyed the stop to check it out.

On the end of the second day, the smoke from the Creek fire settled in over our camp spot so we decided to pack up and head home early.  It was a good call because the smoke was measured at 650 overnight in Mammoth.

 

Green Creek - an 8 mile dirt road that has great areas for dispersed camping.

Hanging out in camp in the sun after a night of temps in the 30's!

We love our fancy new tent.  It is heavy duty and only takes about 1 minute to pop it up.

Parker Lake near June Lake Loop

We called this our 30th wedding anniversary trip.  Seemed like a good thing to do since we have spent much of the last 30 years adventuring together!