Day 7 – June 16, 2013 – Father’s Day

Lone Pine, CA
Miles: approx 200
Temp: 90s
Time: 8 hours

  We stopped on the side of the road to climb on big rocks on the side of 395. 

Lone Pine Visitor Center 

We met a young man who was hiking from Mexico to Canada.  He left Mexico in April and hopes to get to Canada before the snow in September.  I had many questions for him but he seemed much more interested in moving along, so I will only be able to dream about what his adventures are. WAYYYY behind us is Mt Whitney, the highest point in the lower 48.  It is above Brian's head, not mine.  Mt Whitney is behind this front mountain range. 

Manzanar 

 

 This is one of the Japanese interment camps set up in WWII to “keep the Japanese safe”.  Besides the death the accompanied the concentration camps, it sure seemed like a bad place to be.  No freedom or privacy for years. My words won't best describe this place http://www.nps.gov/manz/index.htm

 

 

Alabama Hills

 

 

 Lone Pine is known for being the spot where many old westerns (and a few new ones) were filmed.  In the Hills are thousands of boulders to climb, there are arches as well.

 Can you see Seth by the eye of the monster!

Can you see Sully below near the top of the rocks? He's in white

 We were looking for one mobius arch and drove 10 miles (in the minivan) on gravel to find it.  We flagged down ranger who said it was right around the corner.  THERE WAS NO SIGN visible from the road.  But we found it and it was great.  

   A little cubby for hanging out.