May trip to California
Kennedy Meadows and Whitney Portal
5/13
Road trip north up Owens Valley with Dad and Phil Toma
Kennedy Meadows • Fish Creek Campground
1st stop
We drove up 9 Mile Canyon Road to get to Kennedy Meadows - then kept going west and uphill until we got to Fish Creek. It's a small campground way up in the hills with a small creek running through it.
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Whitney Portal
2nd stop
Due west of Lone Pine, CA driving up to Whitney Portal, the trailhead for those wishing to climb to the summit of Mt. Whitney. The elevation here is 8,374ft, which means we drove up the mountain about 4,150ft. It's a beautiful, but dangerous drive.
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American Cancer Society Relay for Life
5/14-15
Walked 26.2 miles at an event my sister Carol was helping to run.
The venue was in Burbank, CA. Carol had mentioned that she was going to try to walk one mile each hour of the 24 hour event. I thought to myself, "I could do that". When I got there, Carol already had logged several miles, so I started walking aggressively to try to catch up. Not sure that I ever did. When I was at about the 10 mile mark, a man who was also at the event, who had seen me making my multitude of laps, asked me what I was doing. He commended me, but pondered, "if you do this you're going to be just shy of walking a marathon (26.2 miles). What do you think about that?" Well, then I had a new goal. Well, I did it, but at a cost. I finished about 3 in the morning, and had huge blisters on the bottoms of both my feet.
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Trip to Mammoth Lakes area
5/18
Train ride to Lancaster, then Phil Toma
and I go to the mountains.
We stopped briefly at Dehy Park,
then a spot along the Owens River,
up the Sherwin Grade,
past Crowley Lake,
into Mammoth Lakes,
stopped for a pic at the vista point at Twin Lakes,
then up to the overlook by Mamie Lake at the top.
I just can't get enough of this beautiful country.
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Laurel Lakes Attempt
5/19
4th attempt. I've tried to drive up here 3 times. This time I tried walking. Maybe next time!!
The sign says 4-1/2 miles, but according to Google Maps I was still 1.2 miles from the lakes when I had to turn back because of snow. I was at the 5 mile mark. Maybe it was 4.5 miles in a straight line
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Convict Lake and the Owens River
5/20
Gloomy day at first, we stopped at Convict Lake for a little bit, then fished for a while in the Owens River near Bishop. Can you call it fishing if you don't catch anything? It was fun anyway. Then back to LA
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To the beach and some family pics
5/21
The day before the return to Oklahoma we decided to go see the beach.
We didn't stay long, but had a good time none-the-less.
Then we took a couple of family photos when we got home.
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The trip home
5/22
A few pics from the plane
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