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DianaT
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Little Lakes Valley- Controversy in this area added at the end
Little Lakes Valley has been one of my favorite places to be for a very long time --- today was no different. It is a popular trail, so it is good to
go early before the crowds. As the trail head starts at over 10,000, it has become our conditioning hike. It is a great trail to do when someone is
in this area as it is beautiful and there are no real steep areas unless one continues on to Morgan Pass.
Driving up 395 out of Bishop, the road to Rock Creek Lake is just a bit past the top of the Sherwin Grade. It is by the famous Tom's Place. Tom's
Place is still a popular place even though the main highway now passes a bit to the east.
Just a couple of images from a hike up Little Lakes Valley.
The trail
Our very old boy, Tom who feels that he is in doggie heaven
So much beauty around here and this was a dry year In wet years, the meadows are filled with absolutely magnificent alpine wildflowers. There are
some here now, but nothing like what I have seen in the past.
An idyllic place to rest.
The water is so very cold and Maggie gets cold, but Tommy could stand there forever.
If you are in this area, be sure to visit this. It is the easiest way to experience one of the alpine areas of the Sierra Nevada
Thank you for looking
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Are you kidding me? Is this place for real? Wow. Thanks. =)
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and.....those photos were so great and are what ultimately lead me to ask, "Is this place for real?"
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ateo
Are you kidding me? Is this place for real? Wow. Thanks. =) |
That is how I feel every time I am there! 
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#1 is my favorite, great composition! Thank you for adding more places to my list of must visits.
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Thanks again ...... looking good 
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Probably my favorite hiking area in the Sierras. I've based camped at Fourth Recess Lake up above a couple times and fished the Mono Creek drainage
and Pioneer Basin. Great area and a surprisingly easy entrance over Mono Pass.
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Great shots, Diane, of just one of the great Eastern Sierra haunts. I love the frameing and composure of the pics-----all of them.
We are coming over to Independence for 10 days for the 4th of July festivities, etc., and this is a good preamble to that trip.
Thank you.
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Absolutely. Mono Creek had some excellent fishing in my day. I didn't realize this was from that area. We did a trip following the John Muir trail
from Mammoth to Rock Creek, the last part going over Mono Pass to the paved road below. The best fishing of that trip was at Virginia Lake. That was
some fine country up there.
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A beautiful place for sure. Thanks
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Thanks for nice comments and for sharing memories. When I post a picture that brings back good memories for some, it really makes me smile. It is all
about emotions. And if the picture puts a place on someone's bucket list, that is also good!
With your description Igor, I can just picture you standing on that edge. When my son was 16, he won a Western Outdoor News writing contest. The
topic was the fightingest fish and while most wrote about big ocean fish, he wrote about catching a brook trout in a High Sierra stream.
Alpine lakes and streams are definitely among the best places in the world.
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One of my all-time favorite campsites is in Iris Meadows campground, up the Tom's Place road. Pitch the tent five feet away from Rock Creek, under
the pines - it's heaven. The trout think so too!
You captured the area beautifully, Diane. Once again, thanks for your lovely photos.
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake every time you repeat it.
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Glad to see that you and John are taking advantage of your new location and its proximity to such wonderful places.
There was a time when we spent time in that area several times a year.
When are the Devil's Postpile photos coming?
Great pix.
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Thanks to both of you.
Rock Creek is beautiful all the way and a peaceful place to camp.
There definitely will we no photos of Devil's Postpile until well after Labor Day!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DianaT
There definitely will we no photos of Devil's Postpile until well after Labor Day!
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How come???--------is it still snowed in??? I thought the snow pack was minimal this year?? We love the "postpile" area (and all of it, really).
Barry
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
| Quote: | Originally posted by DianaT
There definitely will we no photos of Devil's Postpile until well after Labor Day!
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How come???--------is it still snowed in??? I thought the snow pack was minimal this year?? We love the "postpile" area (and all of it, really).
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After Labor Day --- fewer people after school starts and family vacations end and unless things have changed, the shuttle will be done. It is a
magnificent area.
Snow pack is VERY low. Hopefully next year it will be better.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DianaT
| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
| Quote: | Originally posted by DianaT
There definitely will we no photos of Devil's Postpile until well after Labor Day!
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How come???--------is it still snowed in??? I thought the snow pack was minimal this year?? We love the "postpile" area (and all of it, really).
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After Labor Day --- fewer people after school starts and family vacations end and unless things have changed, the shuttle will be done. It is a
magnificent area.
Snow pack is VERY low. Hopefully next year it will be better.
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Ahhhh, I now get your meaning. Crowds have never bothered me that much in the wilds (dislke them in the cities, tho)----the Geography overwhelms any
"crowds", and I just work around them. 
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Barry, I understand Diane's reluctance in the Postpile area. The whole Red's Meadow/Rainbow Falls/Postpile area is such a zoo now, with the mandatory
shuttles (for some!) and all. Now, its been a few years but the shuttles are still mandatory, aren't they, unless you have camping, packing
reservations or a trailhead permit? Or, I believe you can drive in in a private car before a certain hour of the morning.
It's fallen victim to being too beautiful and too accessible.
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Diane,
Thanks for taking us along on your hike. Really enjoyed the photos.
Ken
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Barry,
I really understand the difference between city crowds and crowds out in nature. For example, the Little Lakes Valley trail is very popular. Early
morning there are locals and their dogs. A little later, there are the vacationers with many children. It is all enjoyable as the locals would not
be anywhere else and have very happy dogs. The vacationers are ones who love the outdoors and love introducing their children to something far more
meaningful that the latest video game. It is all good.
Hook, we really prefer to drive down there on our own, so we will wait. It really does become crowded, but I love it when I see hoards of children
discovering such a place.
Ken you can come hiking with us anytime! We took these with John's Canon Rebel. My 40D is still working only part of the time --- still deciding on
the next camera step. :-)
Oh, we do have photos of Devil's Postpile from before---but we will wait until we have new ones. :-)
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