TR: Like it, Love it, Leavitt XTC style

[anutami]

Thanks to Jefe4x4 Trip Report this area has been on my list of Must do trips.

Took this trip back in July and although I have a hard side TC thought this report might inspire y'all with pop ups

while heading out of so cal we were hammered with rain
here is the Doppler (the blue dot is me on the map), notice the red around the 395

and here is the 395 a short while later

Fighting all the rain took us a while to get out of so cal, we decided to call it a night and check out Fossil Falls

we took a short hike over to the dry falls

this place is amazing, it is a bit south of Lone Pine, CA and right off the 395, $6 a night

did they film lord of the rings here?

to Bodie we went..I have to give a shout out to Torklift for the SideKick generator platform. I usually store the gen in the cab of the truck but now can keep it locked outside, and it worked great for the whole trip.

pay the extra $2 for the map it is well worth it

some pics of the wild town

 

[anutami]

Newbie here, looks like I am limited to the number of pics...

and then onward to Leavitt Lake:
Right off pavement road sign marker



a quick call to the ranger station and some PM's to a few on the forum here gave me the courage to tackle this trail, with a hardside basement model TC






Brett jumped out to scout it out
XTC Video 1 Clicky

and up we went






XTC Video 2 Clicky




XTC Video 3 Clicky

It took about an hour to go the 3.5 miles crawling in 4Low pretty much the entire time, but Victory was ours!!! Toughest part was negotiating while several vehicles were descending.



Our campsite for the next several days



from the roof top of Wolfy2



the lake seemed to be all fished out...no bites nothing

 

[anutami]

but everyone seemed to have neglected the creek, we didn't even need poles as brett bare handed this one!



and netted the others. We carefully returned them to the lake and hit the trails


There are several other lakes around only about a 20 minute hike away




Ski Lake










Brett braving the 32.5 degree water (or at least it felt like it)



we pretty much had the place to ourselves during the busy summer months, but many people go to the lake during the day.

all good things must come to an end, so we descended back home

and the DW freaking out ...XTC Video 4

 

[anutami]

yes she walked a lot of the way



thanks again Jefe4x4 for the trail blazed ahead, and one of the most excellent places to park a Truck Camper, and in his words
"It will be a good adventure"... and it was

Favorite pic of the trip

 

[Squatch]

Great pics. Thanks for sharing.

 

[MotoDave]

Great trip report and pictures - I just added this to the 'need to get here someday' list.

 

[takesiteasy]

Looks like a great spot! Nice fishing with no poles...

 

[Grand Whazoo]

Nice artruckulation from the Ford and what a beautiful place. See you there next summer!

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Nice,Thanks for braving that road in a full TC.
Beautiful fish and scenery.
Frank

 

[craig333]

I didn't even know about fossil falls. Oh the shame ( Great pics. Nice to see a full size doing exploring.

 

[longhorn1]

Nice trip. Thanks for posting.

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