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Crooked Meadows and Bald Mountain
Earlier this year we started on the Crooked Meadow Road south of Mono Lake in the mountains and we were stopped by the snow. We are not sure which
range this is, but it is fantastic. We started this loop on Forest Service Road 1S17 closer to Benton. Here it is major
tourist season, and there are some beautiful campgrounds where there are no or few people; beautiful places to escape. Even the campground at Big
Springs near 395 on the Owens River road is not crowded. On our drive around this loop and then connecting with the Bald Mountain look-out road, we
only saw one other moving vehicle and it is BEAUTIFUL high country that is easy to access. There are a few spur roads in the lower parts that are
really soft pumice, so be selective.
It was our first real outing since the loss of our Maggie and we kept seeing her everywhere, and she is everywhere we are. She will never
completely leave us. Just a few images of our day..
A tough job on the highway, especially when it is hot.
A friend along the way
View of the Sierras
Mono Lake from the back side
Soul searching in Wet Meadows
Even in a dry year there are many wild flowers to enjoy
Tommy Dog is always so curious as to what is what
A Road Less Traveled
Bald Mountain from a little ways down the mountains --- it is obvious how it got its name
The Ranger Station at Bald Mountain. It is such a perfect place for the look-out as the 360 degree views go on and on forever. It is such an
important job, and I just can't imagine having such a job. I love top of the world places, and I love experiencing the soul renewing solitude in
paradise, but not for such long periods of time. It is a special person who can occupy this job
And the views from up there just can't be captured in one photo, but the love between man and best friend is always there
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Wow, what a beautiful place.
I hope the 3 of you are coping well without your Maggie girl.
"Love between man and best friend is always there" added love when a snack is involved!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fandango
Wow, what a beautiful place.
I hope the 3 of you are coping well without your Maggie girl.
"Love between man and best friend is always there" added love when a snack is involved! |
Dogs will be dogs with a part of sandwich to be had 
But seriously, while Tommy has always been a velcro dog, he is even more so since we lost Maggie, snack or no snack.
We all miss Maggie everyday. It sounds crazy, but today two feathers blew in our back door and it is something that has not happened before. Just as
in Forrest Gump, I believe they are loving messages from our little Maggie Mae.
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Diana
All those pics are great but the first one has some serious pespective to it.
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Beautiful!
"The future ain't what it used to be"
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What a cool place to explore...I'm trying to get to the White Mountains in September---might just go further up to see this area too. The Sierras
are, of course, beautiful, but the Panamints/Inyos/Whites have much less crowds and have their own stark beauty.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DianaT
| Quote: | Originally posted by fandango
Wow, what a beautiful place.
I hope the 3 of you are coping well without your Maggie girl.
"Love between man and best friend is always there" added love when a snack is involved! |
Dogs will be dogs with a part of sandwich to be had
But seriously, while Tommy has always been a velcro dog, he is even more so since we lost Maggie, snack or no snack.
We all miss Maggie everyday. It sounds crazy, but today two feathers blew in our back door and it is something that has not happened before. Just as
in Forrest Gump, I believe they are loving messages from our little Maggie Mae.
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Diana... now you've done it... I read your post.. and tears just welled up in my eyes and spilled over... I am still so sad from your loss of
Maggie, but Tommy I am sure wants to comfort you as you do him...
Incredibly beautiful area and photos... Thank you!
Linda
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WOW....Cinemascope. Remember that? The birth of the BIG, wide screen.
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DianaT
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Thanks for the nice comments. It is such a beautiful area to explore and it is ignored by so many. While there are beautiful Jeffery Pine and
Lodgepole forests, one big difference it the amount streams and lakes in the Sierra Nevada.
KaceyJ, I love taking photos of working people as I so admire what they do. Directing traffic may look like an easy job, but at that low elevation it
was hot, windy and dry --- a very long day for him, I am sure.
Linda,
Thank you. Maggie will never be completely gone; we just miss her physical presence so much everyday.
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i've always wondered how two animals who grow up together cope with the loss of the other. is it like our mechanisms? did they see it coming in their
own ways or are they always looking for the other to reappear, any moment now?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
i've always wondered how two animals who grow up together cope with the loss of the other. is it like our mechanisms? did they see it coming in their
own ways or are they always looking for the other to reappear, any moment now? |
Yes, I very much believe they see it coming. As she started to fail, Tommy spent a lot of time sniffing her and being close to her. I know of other
dogs for which this is true. Tommy's behavior reminded us of what we knew was happening even as we tried to so hard to believe she would rally.
I have always heard that it is important for the survivor to sniff and have time with the deceased. We did just that so that Tommy would know Maggie
was gone.
In some ways Tommy seems to enjoy being top dog right now as Maggie was the alpha. Then again, he is glued to us more than ever. We think he did not
want to see her buried as he kept pawing at her grave as we buried her, but that was only for a short time. Like people, they seem to react
differently. I know that when my sister had to bury her one dog at her home in Baja, her other dog spent a lot of time sitting on the grave. Animals
do grieve.
I do wonder if Tom expects to see her; I know that everyday I still expect to see her. They do have their own relationships that I think we can never
fully understand
Ms. Lizard Tongue. Her tongue was too long for her mouth and her under bite, and it was ready to hand out kisses at all times. The memories keep us
going and make us smile through the tears.
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Beautiful, thanks.
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For a nice drive try starting at the Crooked Meadows road from 120, do Bald Mountain, then continue south just east of the Glass Mountains divide thru
Sawmill Meadows and The Clover Patch and come out at the Watterston Troughs turnoff on the Benton Crossing Road.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bwana_John
For a nice drive try starting at the Crooked Meadows road from 120, do Bald Mountain, then continue south just east of the Glass Mountains divide thru
Sawmill Meadows and The Clover Patch and come out at the Watterston Troughs turnoff on the Benton Crossing Road. |
?? Sounds great, but how do you get from "Sawmill Meadows" to the "Clover Patch"? No road shows up on the USFS map of Inyo Natl. Forest between
those two points!?!?!?!?
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No road shows up on the USFS map of Inyo Natl. Forest between those two points!?!?!?!?
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The Inyo National Forest map is about the worst resource you can use for road information, it is out of date, and not very detailed.
Try a USGS 7.5 min topo map of the area, it will show much more information, the route goes through Kelty Meadows.
Online Topo Maps
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PS: I would also recommend camping at Sawmill Meadows and hiking to the top of Glass Mountain from there when you do this route, MUCH easier than
trying to hike to the top from the west, with lots of mahogany or fire obsidian.
RE: Losing canine members of the family - While it has always devastated the human members of our family, all the canine members have seemed to be
happiest as an only child, pre or post canine "buddy".
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bwana_John
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No road shows up on the USFS map of Inyo Natl. Forest between those two points!?!?!?!?
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The Inyo National Forest map is about the worst resource you can use for road information, it is out of date, and not very detailed.
Try a USGS 7.5 min topo map of the area, it will show much more information, the route goes through Kelty Meadows.
Online Topo Maps |
Thanks, John. There is a new addition of the USFS Inyo map, made out of flexible and durable plastic and rediculously huge and hard to handle within
a vehicle due to it's rediculous size--------but it is actually a very good map. Unfortunately I don't have one here, so cannot check it.
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Buana John---------that link you provided takes me to a private map site but I can't get any topos to come up, seemingly no matter what I plug into
their search window. Very strange. I tried everything I could think of, but it simply says "not available", or something like that.
Bummer!!!
Barry
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Barry ......
http://store.usgs.gov/b2c_usgs/usgs/maplocator/%28ctype=area...
http://preview.tinyurl.com/y8z2k89
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Wiley & Bhana John----------I guess I am just computer-stupid--------the first link says that the info does not exist--------?????
The second link leads to the USGS Map source, but when I try to look at any one map the detail is much worse than even the Forest Service map, and it
is hard to read unlike a "real" paper topo map no matter how far I zoom in.....or out. I am partially blind, but this is rediculous!!!!
I am about to just give up.
I did pull one of my 35 year old BLM maps of the area, and sure enough that map shows lots of roads or trails which is better than any other map I
have been able to access. I have always believed that BLM maps, at least in the CA desert, are the best maps ever produced, and I was involved in
making them so yes, I am prejudiced. (-:
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