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00001 Vicki and I stopped off for breakfast along the way north from San Diego to the Sierra Nevada
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00012 We drove up Horseshoe Meadows Road and dropped off Vicki's car that I would hike to in a week
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00014 View down toward Owens Lake which partly filled with water last year due to the Winter of 2023
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00017 I caught a small Rainbow Trout in the stocked pond at Whitney Portal - that's Vicki across the way
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00020 The altitude at the portal was too much for Vicki so we drove down the hill to Diaz Lake
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00027 Video of Cottonwood Creek just west of Highway 395 - it was flowing with Spring meltwater
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00029 We drove up Cottonwood Creek Road near the Cottonwood Power Plant and checked out the flow
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00036 Cinders drift across the road from the nearby cinder cone as we drive to Fossil Falls
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00054 There is a 40 foot dry fall at the top and a two hundred foot dry fall down below, at Fossil Falls
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00056 Pacific Crest Trail Owens Peak Segment interpretive display at the Walker Pass Campground
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00057 Vicki and I spent the night at the Walker Pass Campground so that I could start hiking early the next day
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00063 Selfie taken with the Walker Pass Monument on Highway 178 - time to start a week of backpacking!
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00064 Vicki dropped me off directly on Walker Pass, then got ready to head back to San Diego - Thanks!
