The Devil made me hike it

The rest of this week I plan to do one day hops from point to point as I head south along the Eastern Sierras. There are a bunch of cool little lakes and volcanic features on this scenic route. Tomorrow I plan to check out Convict Lake and nearby Hot Creek.

Last night I crashed in the Mono Lake visitor center parking lot. Since I saved some cash on a camp sight I decided to treat myself to a hot meal. Got me a barbecued pork sandwich at Bodie Mike's in the nearby town of Lee Vining. Since I was sleeping in a parking lot there were no trees to shade me from the sun so I woke and hit the road early. I cruised into Mammoth Ski resort where I thought about riding the gondolas to the summit and doing a little mountain biking...until I found out the lift ticket was $40! Fun but not in the budget.

Instead I went off the side of Mammoth mountain and down deep into the valley below. Procured a camp sight, washed some clothes and scored so big in the personal hygiene department I almost want to stay another night!

Click play to check out today's day hike if you're not bored of watching me walk through the woods yet.

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• Yosemite
• Kings
• Canyon
• Sequoia
• National
• Park
• Road
• trip
• Mono
• Lake
• California
• Sierra
• Nevada
• Eastern
• Sierras

[blancolirio]

Good editing and narration!

[liquidturion]

Some good shots. Nice video.

[ComfortInnBishop]

Great idea for the back woods Sammy. A manly way of doing the wash. Looks like you had a lot of fun.