Our approach to the Sierras was from the East. We crossed the White Mountains at Mongomery Pass and descended into the Owens Valley north of Bishop California.
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| Mural in downtown Bishop. |
After a quick stop by the "Produce Police" in Benton, forcing us to eat or discard our citrus before proceeding, we made our way south to Bishop. Bishop California is a great little mountain town reminiscent of places like Whitefish Montana, North Conway New Hampshire, and Jackson Hole Wyoming before the great migration. Sure, it's busy and it has a "strip" , but it also has that feel that the people who live and visit here come for the mountains. Main Street has lots of coffee shops, a few bars, and plenty of outfitters.
The Inyo National Forest, in the Eastern Sierra mountain range, lies immediately to the west of Bishop. Many of the Forest Service campgrounds were still closed but Bishop Park, at 8,000 feet, and right up there in the high peaks, was open. You have to love a campsite with mountain sunrises and sunsets, deer wandering through the campground, easy access to hiking and a 15 minute drive from Bishop.
For sheer rugged beauty it's hard to beat the Sierras. Weather at this time of year varies from 80℉ daytime temperatures to 20℉ at night, bright sun to snow. that's just about perfect weather for us.
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| Red Cedar at Rock Creek |
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| Convict Lake, one of the few that were free of ice at this time of year. |
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