happy Rachel 

sleepy, patriotic Charlie 

happy Josh 

Healthy Malosma for the first time ever! 

Bush Mallow blooming in Solstice 

Movie/Palm Trees (yes i know this looks just like the picture Josh took.) 

"Come Hither" 2 

'Come Hither' 1 

bored Canadian.  

Los Angeles is Burning.. well it was. 

I heard a canyon wren out in the rocks as the sun set. I was inside watching Life Aquatic with Judy... but the sound is distinctive enough i heard it right through the window. Judy was asleep.

I've never heard a canyon wren so close to the ocean.

Then after it got dark, after everyone went to bed, i wandered outside. i heard waves crashing down along the beach. There are big waves, according to Jeff. it sure sounded like it was true. I could also hear the creek down below. The water level is dropping now that summer is here. Soon it will be back to the normal trickle... right now it still flows with spring runoff, although the last big storm was several months ago.

I wish i could hear the waves from my bed but my window faces the wrong way.

here is the sierras from somewhere near Big Pine driving home. I don't have pictures of most of the stuff we did around the Mammoth area... soaking in hot springs, checking out the lakes, driving through a big thunderstorm, or drinking a bunch of beer at French Camp. But those activities ruled. It was a great trip and although i am sad that it is over, i will be back out there next month. 

the White Mountains had gotten a new dusting of snow... a lot of it melted off when a rainstorm hit it... but even still, it is rather late to be getting snow. Also if you look closely at the mountain to the left (glass mountain) you will see a random area which got snow dumped on it. That melted off too. 

Mono Lake is a huge lake... and this year the lake level rose a whole foot due to the extra runoff 

Mono Lake and an approaching storm 

near the top of Tioga Pass 

Neal and a stunted Jeffrey Pine 

Clouds Rest and the back of Half Dome 

there was still a ton of snow around 8000 feet. 

Alex gets a phone number! from a religious nut!