Juniper Springs Properties Mammoth Lakes

... After leaving the lake we headed a mile down the road to the Panum Crater which was formed around 650 years ago by a volcano. We (Kathryn) decided to walk around the crater (click for clip), I wasn't too keen on the idea as it looked way to big to entertain but now I'm married I need to do as I'm told (well I need to appear that I am). The walk wasn't as bad as I thought, it was only a mile or so, but the ...

... built” by volcano activity. It was quite a steep climb on dirt/sand, but it wasn’t too taxing. It was interesting standing on the volcano rocks, as they are very light and make a “tinkling” sound against my feet.

Next, we visited the South Tufa area on the Mono Lake. Mono Lake is essentially an ancient saline lake, having no fish but brine shrimp and alkali flies instead. There are lots of birds there (but I’ ...

... of the Universe" around which all of the SLC streets are numbered - the Mormon temple. Have you ever been to SLC? The entire city is on a square grid with the temple in the center, and the streets are numbered according to how far north or ...

... So it's a good bet as far as I can tell. I don't need to look particularly cut or anything, just small enough so that people can tell that I'm not just hiding beneath these clothes because I don't want people to see the fat, I'm wearing them, because they're comfortable. It also wouldn't hurt to look a little better in my regular clothes or buy new clothes all together out of some kind of necessity,

... food was average but it was the experience that made it worth trip. Off to Hollywood, we went after confusing GPS Gina, passing the turn off to the Hollywood Bowl. We parked at the Hollywood and Highland Shopping Center which stores will validate for parking. Our four afternoon experience only cost us $2.00 after having our pass validated at the Visit L.A. Inc. Visitor Center. We first headed to Grauman's Theater only to find that it was blocked off from an event. So we ...

Today I went and checked out Yosemite NP. The drive up into Yosemite was quite nice and took a couple of hours from Napa. In Yosemite there are a number of hiking trails ranging in distance from short to a couple of hours long. Alternatively, if your game enough, you can try and climb up El Capitan. There were heaps of people in Yosemite so I mainly just did a drive around tour stopping occassionally for some of the shorter hikes and to check out Yosemite Falls. Unfortunately due ...

... including visitors to Hoover Dam but not all traffic across the dam, the Lake Mead National Recreation Area is the fifth busiest U.S. national park. While standing on the edge of a viewing platform and looking over the dam, I experienced a sense of vertigo. The only similar senssation I had ever experienced was at Iguazu Waterfalls in Argentina / Brazil. There, is a great big fall called the Devils throat, Looking over the ...

Petit détour pour aller voir la mystérieuse montagne de Mammoth en Californie Pourquoi pas faire encore du vélo !! Qui aurait cru que nous allions faire une descente en vélo de "seulement" 24 km ??? Même pas de côte à monter ?! Platte... Une seule remontée via la gondole de la sation de ski mammoth mountain.. pour resdescendre dans un des top single track depuis notre début de voyage...jusqu'au village... Encore encore !!!

... Another hard mud campsite, we put up our tents and went for a swim to cool down. It was my groups turn to cook and we had decided to make chilli and rice, the chilli turned out well despite the strange American ingredients but the rice went a bit gloopy, more like rice pudding to be honest, lol. The following day we got up early having survived the night without any bear ...

Day 1, Thu, Dec 18, 2003 Started the long drive up to Mi-wuk Village. We are always some of the first to arrive at the cabin, which means it's freezing cold. Had to get the fireplace going (as that is the only heat source). DH or my brother have to keep the fire going all night. Poor boys. Day 2, Fri, Dec 19, 2003 [Sorry, I don't have any info for this day.] Day 3 ...