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- Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 5:09 AM
- ☁️ 46 °F
- Altitude: 23 ft
United StatesNovato38°4’46” N 122°33’0” W
5am, Della knows
May 8 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 46 °F
Della knows we're leaving, she's guarding the door in case I leave without her.
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- Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 6:09 AM
- 🌙 52 °F
- Altitude: 154 ft
- United StatesSan Francisco37°47’39” N 122°28’47” W
Picking up James
May 8 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 52 °F
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- Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
- ☀️ 52 °F
- Altitude: 49 ft
- United StatesVallejo38°5’58” N 122°16’24” W
The Quarters
May 8 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 52 °F
One of my favorite coffee shops is actually on Mare Island. It's inside one of the Admirals' houses. We'll worth checking out, if you're local, definitely worth checking out to see the inside of oneRead more
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- Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 10:56 AM
- ☀️ 55 °F
- Altitude: 7,343 ft
- United StatesEl Dorado County38°47’24” N 120°0’0” W
Tall ships
May 8 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 55 °F
The quay use in San Francisco is undergoing repairs, so they've started to move the historic ships up here to Mars Island. James and I decided to stop off and have a look. Ended up meeting one of theRead more
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- Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
- ☀️ 63 °F
- Altitude: 8,251 ft
- United StatesAlpine County38°40’21” N 119°36’55” W
Della's wonderland
May 8 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
Monitor Pass
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- Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
- ☀️ 66 °F
- Altitude: 5,810 ft
- United StatesMono County38°38’52” N 119°33’56” W
Dropping down into Owen's Valley
May 8 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
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- Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
- ☀️ 66 °F
- Altitude: 5,413 ft
- United StatesWalker38°30’47” N 119°28’10” W
Walker, California
May 8 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
Lunch at the first and only open place we've seen today.
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- Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
- ⛅ 63 °F
- Altitude: 6,493 ft
- United StatesMono County38°0’40” N 119°9’17” W
Mono
May 8 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
Crazy warm here, even at 7000 feet.
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- Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
- ☀️ 81 °F
- Altitude: 4,150 ft
- United StatesBishop37°22’5” N 118°23’46” W
Time for some fresh bread
May 8 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
The ritual stop at Schat's Bakkery in Bishop.
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- Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
- ☀️ 79 °F
- Altitude: 3,832 ft
- United StatesInyo County36°56’45” N 118°14’22” W
Standing among the cottonwoods
May 8 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
Coton from the cottonwoods floating everywhere
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- Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
- 🌙 68 °F
- Altitude: 4,948 ft
- United StatesAlabama Hills36°34’1” N 118°7’18” W
Camping in the Alabama Hills tonight
May 8 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 68 °F
Arrived a little before dark. Just setting up camp
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- Day 2
- Friday, May 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
- 🌙 57 °F
- Altitude: 4,944 ft
- United StatesAlabama Hills36°34’2” N 118°7’18” W
Milky Way
May 9 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 57 °F
The moon didn't set until at least 4am, it's now 4:50 and the Eastern horizon is already brightening. So much for dark skies.
Still trying to get the hang of astrophotography. I have one movingRead more
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- Friday, May 9, 2025 at 5:20 AM
- 🌙 55 °F
- Altitude: 4,944 ft
- United StatesAlabama Hills36°34’2” N 118°7’18” W
What stars?
May 9 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 55 °F
And suddenly the stars disappeared.
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- Friday, May 9, 2025 at 7:13 AM
- ☀️ 59 °F
- Altitude: 4,649 ft
- United StatesInyo County36°36’41” N 118°7’29” W
Wandering around the hills
May 9 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 59 °F
We had a tour around the Alabama Hills before moving on. I forgot to post anything until now.
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- Friday, May 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
- ☀️ 72 °F
- Altitude: 5,184 ft
- United StatesInyo County36°19’35” N 117°39’31” W
Where the streets have no name
May 9 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
We stop at this Joshua Tree, everytime we pass.
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- Friday, May 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
- ☀️ 84 °F
- Altitude: 1,070 ft
- United StatesInyo County36°2’51” N 117°13’27” W
Fallout settlement
May 9 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
This is Ballarat, a mostly Ghost town about 22 miles (and last settlement?) from Barker's Ranch.
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- Friday, May 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
- ☀️ 88 °F
- Altitude: 1,755 ft
- United StatesInyo County35°51’35” N 117°9’7” W
Helter Skelter
May 9 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
Today, our plan was to off-road up to Barker Ranch in the Panamint Mountains. This isolated ranch was the home for Charles Manson and his followers in 1968 and 1969 after their killing spree andRead more
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- Friday, May 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
- ☀️ 59 °F
- Altitude: 7,982 ft
- United States37°15’7” N 118°34’38” W
Tonight's campsite
May 9 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 59 °F
We're in the Sierra foothills west of Bishop, along the middle fork of Bishop Creek.
We're high enough to cool off a little and enjoy a campfire.
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- Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
- ☀️ 37 °F
- Altitude: 9,134 ft
- United States37°12’48” N 118°36’40” W
Exploring around our camp this morning
May 10 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 37 °F
Exploring West of Aspendell.
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- Day 3
- Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
- ☀️ 64 °F
- Altitude: 4,150 ft
- United StatesBishop37°22’3” N 118°23’46” W
Breakfast in Bishop
May 10 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F
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- Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
- ☀️ 68 °F
- Altitude: 6,457 ft
- United StatesBridgeport38°15’23” N 119°13’34” W
Back in Bridgeport
May 10 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
And after my 3rd visit, I've finally ordered the famous Carne Asada Fries 🍟
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- Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
- ☀️ 70 °F
- Altitude: 6,890 ft
- United StatesMono County38°39’35” N 119°35’17” W
Antelope Valley
May 10 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
Climbing up Monitor Pass
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- Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
- 🌬 68 °F
- Altitude: 7,113 ft
- United StatesAlpine County38°39’16” N 119°39’57” W
Heenan Lake
May 10 in the United States ⋅ 🌬 68 °F
Another stop in the way home
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- Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
- ☀️ 64 °F
- Altitude: 26 ft
- United StatesNovato38°5’17” N 122°32’3” W
Home, again
May 10 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F
I have a few missing footprints, but I'll post tomorrow. Very tired. Driving for 9 hours today
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