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004 Owens Peak from Highway 395 near Ridgecrest as I drive north toward Mammoth Lakes from San Diego
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048 Mammoth Mountain still had snow in mid-August 2023 after getting 70 feet the previous Winter
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049 Inyo National Forest welcome sign in Mammoth Lakes - The Mountains are Calling - John Muir
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055 View of King Creek Basin (left) and the Minarets (right) from Minaret Vista - I would soon be hiking there
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056 Zoomed-in view of the King Creek drainage from Minaret Vista - This would soon be my hiking zone
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057 Zoomed-in view of the Minarets - I was hoping to hike up there but there was too much snow left
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066 Panorama view from Minaret Vista - Devils Postpile National Monument is down in that valley
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099 View of Rainbow Falls from above, as the Middle Fork San Joaquin River heads down the valley
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101 Video of the Middle Fork San Joaquin River flowing over Rainbow Falls in Devils Postpile NM
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103 View of Rainbow Falls from the trail - you actually get a rainbow if you arrive in the afternoon!
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108 Selfie of me and Rainbow Falls that I texted to friends and relatives to get them jealous
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116 Beautiful Rainbow Falls in the Summer of 2023 when the water from melting snow was flowing strong
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135 Yet another photo of Rainbow Falls - it was hard not to keep taking more and more of them
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143 Heading back toward the trailhead on the Rainbow Falls Trail, with Mammoth Mountain right of center
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145 I took a side trail in order to try fly fishing on the Middle Fork San Joaquin River, but I didn't catch any
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157 It was easiest to car camp at the Pumice Flat Campground in Devils Postpile after a long day of driving
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159 This is the backpacker parking lot at the main Devils Postpile National Monument - not many cars!
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168 Devils Postpile National Monument Ranger Station - it was closed when I arrived early that morning
