Well the best pictures were not taken, the one of the brown bear who ran across the road in front of our car then up the trail ahead of us on the trail we were going to take. Also of the three (almost only two) deer that ran in front of the car. Instead we have beautiful shots of great scenery and blue skies. We have enjoyed hiking in this area. This is a great time to be here, few others are.
On our first day in the Mammoth Lakes area, we drove around Lake Mary and stopped to take pictures of fisherman and women. We then hiked up to the Mammoth Consolidated Mine, a 1920s era mining venture that did not strike it rich. The mine is what they call a preserved ruin where the park service is just allowing it to decay. We then hiked up to Inyo Craters which are very impressive for a hole in the ground. .
Today, we spent most of the morning at hiking to the Rainbow Falls, a really beautiful waterfall, though no rainbow for us. Then we went to look at the Devil’s Postpile which is a must see. It is unique in that it is one of the few places in the world where you can see this type of basalt lava flow. A dip in the jacuzzi cured our aches from hiking at 9000 feet.
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