Mammoth Lakes Ca.. (pic heavy)

mtnfolk mike

mtnfolk mike

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howdy folks... how goes it... we're back from our trip... we had a blast and definately were not ready to come home... i have 300 some odd pics to go through.. i managed to pick out a few to share with you all.... i still have a bunch of gear to clean and put away...

we arrived in Mammoth thursday night around 11:30, got to our friend Greg's house and pretty much went to sleep.... we were all eager to wake up to the amazing scenery and start our day..the eastern Sierra's are absolutely gorgeous... there is so much to do for just about any outdoorsman.... this is Mammoth mtn... it sits at 11,053 ft. high in elevation... the town of Mammth Lakes is a little over 8,000 ft...

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there is a ton of lakes to fish, as well as a few rivers near by... we fished just about every day... the fish were biting, though my older son and our friend Greg were the only ones to cath anything... the scenery is just too cool...
this is Convict Lake... we fished here on friday for a good portion of the day...

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the little dude....

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here's Greg reeling in his fish, which i forgot to snap a pic of.. these lakes are filled with rainbow and brown trout...

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here's my son with his nice looking rainbow... he was stoked...

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the misses loving life...

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my trusty companion... i EDC my Izula and a SAK camper during my trip...

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i also finally got a chance to play with my RAT cutlery RC-4... i love it... it did just about all of our food prep while we were out and at Gregs house...

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fishing at Lake George... this is a really cool spot with some epic views...

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more to come....
 
O man! you guys that live on the west coast have some beautiful scenery. Love the pics man.
 
Lake George continued....

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there was snow all over the place.. it was cool... my boys were loving it... they had a few snow ball fights.... snow ball fight in the middle of June.. go figure...

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you can travel 45 minutes out of Mammoth and it slowly starts to turn in to desert... this area is at about 4,000 ft. in elevation... these dirt roads just go everywhere... it's sooo cool... there were a few spots that reminded me of Utah... this place was called Chidago Canyon... those are the White mountains looking in the background...

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representing...
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there is a spot out there in Chidago Canyon that has a bunch of native american petroglyphs... these things are thousands of years old... they were amazing....

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cool desert lizard...
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more to come...................................
 
Awesome pics Mike. Looks like a spectacular time. Glad you are loving all that RC-goodness.......Really like the looks of that well loved Izula! However, the shot of your wife...sitting down, beer in one hand, book in the other and fishing rod set up ----well that takes the cake :D
 
the misses went crazy taking pics of all of the local flowers and plants...

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i love this shot...

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scattered all through out the lower desert areas are natural hot springs... we hit a few while we were there.... the views while soaking in these tubs are priceless...
this is a shot of Hot Creek, which recently had it's hot springs closed.... there are plenty more.. this is one of the bigger ones...

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being father day and my birthday and all, Greg and I got to squeeze in some mtn. bike rides... this place has some epic riding... here's a few shots...

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sweet, sweet singletrack..

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some after dinner fishing and canoeing at Lake Mary...

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we went spent the day down in one of the local valleys hiking and fishing...there is some amazing sites here...

this is Red's Meadow... i love this area.... the middle fork of the San Joaquin River flows through here...

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also in this area is the Devils Postpile, which has got to be one of the coolest things i have ever seen....

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more to come still.....................
 
Man! Looks like you had the very best bday a man coulda asked for. Right on for you and yours, Mike, that is a beautiful area. :thumbup:
 
you can hike up and around to the top of the Devils Postpile... isn't it cool... it looks like a tile floor...

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after checking out the D.P... we hiked on down to Rainbow falls, which is appropriately named, to have lunch... to get down to the falls you hike through an area that used to very dense and heavily wooded, until it was struck by lightning in 1992... 1 strike of lighning burned over 8,000 acres in this area.... it's pretty wild to see....

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after lunch, we spent the rest of our day fishing, with no luck, at Sotcher Lake...

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passing through Tulomne Meadows on the way home....

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these are just a small fraction of some of the pics we got.... thanks for looking...

mike and family....
 
Great stuff mike....but my driveway has more cracks than devil's pile does :D

Awesome pictures. Love your adventures!
 
Wow, epic pics Mike! You got some AWESOME shots of the scenery and of the fam.

I am sooooo jealous!!!!!!!!

Fishing and mountain biking in the Sierra's, what more could a man ask for?
 
Very nice Mike! Looks like a great time was had by all. Thanks for sharing!
 
HOLY CRAP, I didn't know half of those placed existed! I need to spend more time on that side of the sierras!!!! That area is some of my grandfather's old stomping grounds, good stuff. Next time you guys head to Mammoth make sure you let me know!
 
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