Big Bear to Carson City - Antelope Valley

[gnuse]

Great photos. I hope you are into soaring as that area brings great memories of thermal and wave flights. I also have a friend at Dayton Airpark. I am pretty sure you either know George or will in the future.

[SmilingJack]

I really liked that picture at low altitude of Lake Mono!

I must have flown over that Lake a thousand times...in one of those contrails

I've never seen it look so picturesque.

[rv7boy]

What a great tour guide you are! Thanks Louise. Along with the others, I also appreciate your comments and photos.

Even though I'm a southerner, I do have an appreciation of the Reno area because my wife and I visited there twice while our son was stationed in the area. Of course we were ground-bound, but we still admired the wide open beauty of that part of the West.

Looking forward to some more "aerial tours of the great West." Maybe you could become a magazine editor!

[Louise Hose]

Originally Posted by SmilingJack

I really liked that picture at low altitude of Lake Mono!

I must have flown over that Lake a thousand times...in one of those contrails

I've never seen it look so picturesque.

I hope you have the opportunity to see the lake on the ground (or from a kayak in the lake) some day. It is spectacular and the peculiar tufa towers are a sight not to miss.

I'm glad folks are enjoying the photos. Start planning your own trips to visit us in a year or two!

[Chino Tom]

Very nice pictures and narrative. I never get tired of looking at the Sierras.
There is a sign as you head out of Mammoth Lakes that reads:
"Going to the mountains, is going home. John Muir"
The eastern Sierra is such a place.

[DanH]

I really enjoyed that....even followed along on a sectional to compare with the photos.

Judging from the terrain it looks like you guys have suffered all the Gulf coast humidity you can stand

[catmandu]

I drove that route too many times in the late 90's. Thanks to the kindness of a neighbor of Rosie's, I did a solo flight Rosamond to Tahoe and back two years ago. Excellent pictures, Louise, but trust me folks: they do not do the true majesty of this area justice! A personal favorite adventure, all of you should do it once if able. RV content: at my fuel stop in Bishop, I got to drool all over a nice -8 from Arizona!

[Ironflight]

Originally Posted by DanH

Judging from the terrain it looks like you guys have suffered all the Gulf coast humidity you can stand

Yup....I can't wait to just dry out for awhile - and not have to run the air conditioner in January just to keep things in the house from getting moldy...

[Mark Burns]

Great photos Louise!
Thanks for sharing.

Mark

[Alan Carroll]

Louise - nice geology tour! Reminds me of some fun field trips when I was a grad student in CA.

In addition to its other claims to fame Mono Lake was also where they filmed High Plains Drifter (Clint Eastwood classic).