Owens Valley - November 2021

[ski3pin]

Julie and I spent four nights over on the east side of the Sierra Nevada to celebrate my birthday. We survived and had our full quota of usual fun. The story and photos are up on our blog and you may find it here -

Owens Valley - November 2021

We hope you enjoy a little scrambling.

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

I’m so happy Julie’s knees are healing as expected, and that she is now able to cautiously get back to the wandering that you both so love. A Benton birthday stay sounds like the proper way to celebrate the beginning of your 70th year.

Thanks for letting us tag along!

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Monte thanks for a great trip.
Very glad to hear Julie's "new" knees are working
well.Sounds like she is really way ahead of her comeback.

Nice to see the elk being spread out.We see them at Pt.Reyes
and also at San Luis dam. There is also a heard in a wildlife area outside
Los Banos. Very happy to see how well they have come back.

There is a huge heard on hwy 1 just north of San Simeon.
I don't know if it's just a farmers of another place where they are
raised to be transferred around.

Glad you had a wonderful birthday.
Keep up the annual tradition.

Frank

 

[Wango]

Wow, just wow.
Great trip report, and to be honest a great lesson in being grateful.
w

 

[Occidental]

Very nice report, and it has me looking forward to our reservation in a few days...

 

[Vic Harder]

wonderful TR. Julie is adventurous for a lady with two new knees! Looks like fun. I especially like the clouds in picture #3, and several of the Alabama Hills shots where the mountains it the background contrast with the rounded foreground rocks and the jumbled looking rocks in the middle of the pic. Must be a story about those 3 (?) different kinds of rocks there.

 

[AWG_Pics]

A lovely recounting of a rewarding, exciting and satisfying jaunt!

 

[searching for nowhere]

Thanks for giving me a nice happy story to read.

 

[Lighthawk]

Very nice report, and it has me looking forward to our reservation in a few days...

We might just miss you, coming in next Wednesday.

 

[Lighthawk]

Really cool sleuthing and findings of petroglyphs and requisite Bday soaking!

It's a shame that upper canyon is choked off with brush. We've done both right and left exits.
Can't keep that Julie from climbing!

 

[Missing Link]

Great TP, as always. Thanks Mr. and Mrs. Ski.

 

[Mighty Dodge Ram]

Great TR from a great area…thanks!

 

[craig333]

Thanks for the trip report. Your truck must have almost as miles on it as you guys do on your knees!

 

[PaulT]

Julie got a new truck?

Paul

 

[ski3pin]

I’m so happy Julie’s knees are healing as expected, and that she is now able to cautiously get back to the wandering that you both so love. A Benton birthday stay sounds like the proper way to celebrate the beginning of your 70th year.

Thanks for letting us tag along!

Thanks Mr. Sage, you are very kind! Thanks for the reminder it is my 70th year now.

Monte thanks for a great trip.
Very glad to hear Julie's "new" knees are working
well.Sounds like she is really way ahead of her comeback.

Nice to see the elk being spread out.We see them at Pt.Reyes
and also at San Luis dam. There is also a heard in a wildlife area outside
Los Banos. Very happy to see how well they have come back.

There is a huge heard on hwy 1 just north of San Simeon.
I don't know if it's just a farmers of another place where they are
raised to be transferred around.

Glad you had a wonderful birthday.
Keep up the annual tradition.
Frank

Julie is working hard and will do great. Yes, it's the least we can do for the Tule Elk after almost wiping them off the face of the earth. Thanks for the nice comment, Frank!

Wow, just wow.
Great trip report, and to be honest a great lesson in being grateful.
w

Thanks Wango!

Very nice report, and it has me looking forward to our reservation in a few days...

Thanks Occidental and have a great time at Benton!

 

[ski3pin]

wonderful TR. Julie is adventurous for a lady with two new knees! Looks like fun. I especially like the clouds in picture #3, and several of the Alabama Hills shots where the mountains it the background contrast with the rounded foreground rocks and the jumbled looking rocks in the middle of the pic. Must be a story about those 3 (?) different kinds of rocks there.

Thanks Vic! The Sierra Wave - the flow of air from the west up and over the Sierra - create great cloud patterns.

A lovely recounting of a rewarding, exciting and satisfying jaunt!

Thanks Tony, that is very kind!

Thanks for giving me a nice happy story to read.

You are welcome and we're glad you enjoyed it!

Really cool sleuthing and findings of petroglyphs and requisite Bday soaking!

It's a shame that upper canyon is choked off with brush. We've done both right and left exits.
Can't keep that Julie from climbing!

Thanks Lighthawk and enjoy your time at Benton! On our stay at Benton last spring we crawled through some of that brush. We don't need to do that again.

 

[ski3pin]

Great TP, as always. Thanks Mr. and Mrs. Ski.

Thanks Missing Link!

Great TR from a great area…thanks!

Thanks! Yes, there's lots to do in the Owens Valley.

Thanks for the trip report. Your truck must have almost as miles on it as you guys do on your knees!

Thanks Craig! The truck has 220,000 miles on it but it has had surgery also. Rebuilt the front end, new axle bearings, shocks, u joints and such so I guess we are a team!

Julie got a new truck?

Paul

You are funny Paul! Nope, no new truck for Julie but she got to spend a couple of quality hours under the truck with me upon our return home. We do leave a few tidbits out of the trip stories.

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

<Snip>

You are funny Paul! Nope, no new truck for Julie but she got to spend a couple of quality hours under the truck with me upon our return home. We do leave a few tidbits out of the trip stories.

Fess up! Inquiring minds need to know.

 

[ski3pin]

Fess up! Inquiring minds need to know.

Need to know?

The CV joint on the front driveshaft - interface with the transfer case - started making a racket on our drive home. The front driveshaft went back in with a new cv joint and u joint. We would have stayed out another night but needed to get this fixed. Who knows when we might take off again?

 

[campito]

Great trip report. I live in Bishop and like reading reports about Owens Valley and Eastern Sierra. There is so much to see and do I always learn something new from the exploration of others.