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Lone Pine Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Lone Pine, United States
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Yeehaw!
This is a top pick! Lone Pine is a small town just before the turn-off to Death Valley. Apparently it's a famous location where westerns were shot (no pun intended) and it has a real saloon with swinging doors and real cowboys! Yeehaw! We happened upon a newly ...
Finally On the Way to Backpack
Wow, we are finally on the road and true to form only 4 hours late! So we 1st had Elias and Charlotte divide out the food between the 4 of us, setting stuff by the each of our packs. When Justin came over everything changed; he had a bunch of food and ...
At the Trailhead
So we are back and it is hard to think about the real world now. Fortunately I wrote while gone otherwise it would be too difficult to go back and piece together this trip. So here it goes: Unfortunately, starting late in the morning for a trip means a ...
It's About the Journey
... of the slow. The packs are heavier than heavy. The back hurts, feet and toes hurt. Lungs are gasping for air, sucking the pine needles off the trees like Cam said so perfectly. Throat is dry from sucking the air, so dry that to swallow makes you sick. ...
Birthday in the Backcountry
... into the water and pretending to catch fish. We would have made it home that night after eating a birthday dinner for Justin but alas, there was a car issue so we were stuck in Lone Pine overnight. But we were very happy for the shower at the motel ...
Into the valley of death rode Max and Paddy
... Visited the movie museum in town not yet officially open. Treated to the first showing of the introduction video about the connection that Lone Pine had with the movie industry. One of the audience of six was the 80 year old daughter of the local rancher ...
Soooo much to do
... , paying $5 a night. Got to visiting with a couple that said they paid $2.50 a night. Couldn't pass that up, so off to Lone Pine CA. Nice campground. They were right $2.50 a night. Went to the end of the road to Mount Whitney. Just jaw dropping ...
Day 23 (Heading south.....in search of 90 degrees)
Departing Odometer 25635....arriving odometer 25898. We drove 263 miles today. We are staying at the Boulder Creek RV Resort. We are about 100 miles from Death Valley State Park. We have decided to head on to Palm Springs in the am. We are in search ...
Mount Whitney...Finally!!!!
... long been on my list of things to do before I die. So, I finally made it this summer. On the way to Lone Pine, Ca from Yosemite, I passed through Bishop, Ca and visited the greatness of Schat's Bakery. After loading up on some bread, it ...
A dry as dust report (largely from ww)
Several times we've noted the mini-duststorms churned up by farm equipment cultivating bone-dry ground... in the Dakotas, Utah, and California. It's hard for a yankee to believe they manage to import enough water to irrigate thirsty crops like corn and ...
A Birthday on the Way to Grover Hot Springs
GrandkGrandkids trips take a huge amount of planning, at least in order to save as much money as possible. We plan meals and most activities before hand and go to the store with huge lists in hand. This trip is a little different in that we are meeting ...
Backpacking Inyo- Day 2
Day 2 of our trip and we are finally going to hike. We were supposed to be camping by the Cottonwood Creek but now are just there. Justin left the party before us with his boys and met Elias and Charlotte at a designated stream crossing. Last to leave ...
Upward & Onward to Hidden Lake
Day 3: We were leaving our camp with packs full to hike to Hidden Lake. A trail would lead to a cutoff just past the stream, then we'd head off up over the hill with no trail (Donner Party?). We were there 12 years ago but could never find our way now. ...
There's gold in them thar hills
... Owens valley running between the White mountains and the Sierra Nevadas. Absolute magic. Stopped at a great camp just south of Lone Pine (how western does that sound?) A lovely little old town that requires further investigation. The camp, Boulder Creek ...
Drive to Lone Pine
... We searched for showers for another hour. A spa offered us 20 dollars for a shower but we didn't want one that bad. Our drive to lone pine was only 2.5 hours. We arrived in Lone Pine just in time to eat lunch. We then headed up to the campsite to check in ...
Climbing Mount Whitney
This morning we were up at 11:30 preparing for the hike. At 12:02 we headed up the mountain. At about 2:30 we found a camp on the mountain where about 15 tents were set up. Going up the mountain we could see almost every star in the sky, even the Milky ...
death valley
... feel coolish at the time! The babies were great tonight and we finished our drive through death valley at sunset while they slept. Tonight we stayed in Lone Pine which is real cowboy country and loads of westerns were filmed here. Night ...
Lone Pine, CA
... , especially since we were leaving civilization behind for the great frontier of eastern California. Our destination was a small town called Lone Pine, which sits about 25 minutes west of Death Valley. We figured this was a good intermediate stop between ...
Cowboys ARE alive!
... for more than 3 years (so u can imagine my excitement!)! (written this morning in the "Cowboy town") I am in Lone Pine, California (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Pine,_California). This is like the most characteristic place I've came across ...
Across the Sierras
... road with one motel (many of which brought 'The Hills Have Eyes' to mind), we eventually ended up in a modern motel in Lone Pine - the biggest town for about 50 miles with its barely 1/2 mile street of restaurants and two shops. After a distinctly ...
Proposed Mt. Whitney hike
We rushed a few of our stops along the Pacific Coast Highway in order to make it to Lone Pine as we had permit reservations to hike Mt. Whitney on June 18th. We arrived on the 16th and picked up our permits and bear canister on the 17th. We hiked a ...
Death Valley
I dag forlod vi Utah, kørte den lange tur gennem Nevada forbi Las Vegas, for igen at ende i Californien. Turen gik igennem Death Valley, hvor mange cowboys gennem tiden har måtte lade livet pga. tørst og varme - selv her i november ...
Hiking Mt. Whitney
Mt. Whitney with an elevation of 14,505 feet is the highest peak in the contiguous United States. Long Peak in Colorado is 14,100 feet. The Mt. Whitney trail is the most popular trail which extends over 11 miles and is located in the John Muir Wilderness ...
Manzanar National Historic Site
... War II and radically changed the lives of 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry living in the United States. The attack intensified racial prejudices and led to fear of potential sabotage and espionage by Japanese Americans among some in ...
Death Valley National Park
Death Valley is the hottest spot in North America. Great extremes haunt this hottest, driest, lowest national park. Low elevation is one cause, but the valley's enclosing mountains re-circulate hot air and keep it from dissipating at night. Summer ...
Arrived Boulder Creek RV Resort
This 3 hour drive brought us over the mountains and through the salt flats. Beautiful day filled with ...
Lake Tahoe to Lone Pine via highway 395
... Lake Crowley south of Mammoth Lakes. Lunch stop was just north of Bishop at Mill Pond Inyo County Park. Then we drove on into Lone Pine where we are now staying at Mt Whitney Motel. We thought we would never see scenery to surpass that of New Zealand, ...
Mount Whitney Trail (Mirror Lake)
Ascension jusqu'au Mirror Lake (12,8 kms A-R +700m). L'ascension pour le mont Whitney nécessitait de l'équipement pour la neige....évidemment ...
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