We mostly wanted to escape the heat of summer and relax. We've also been having a lot of smoke in our valley and wanted to get up to some clear air. It was cooler up there, but as our luck would have it, the smoke from some other fires was filling that valley and they were just as smokey as we were. We camped on Silver Lake near June Lake just north of Mammoth. We left Thursday night to ensure we'd get a campsite since it is first come first serve. It was a good thing we left early since there were only 2 sites left when we got there.
I almost forgot to write about the trip up. As usual we carpooled in the jeep to ride together and save gas. We've done this a few times before, but this time we also had Gracie, or better known as Gracilicous, who then became The Lish which quickly became Da Lish which is Kevin and Sarah's new golden retriever. We packed the car top carrier, loaded the gear, and had dogs on laps on the way up since we were WAY over packed. I don't think we'll be able to carpool anymore :(
Friday morning we got up and went to check out the lake. It was very nice, but there were people fishing everywhere. We didn't want to bother them with our dogs so we kept looking for a free spot. We were told by the camp manager before we came here that they were dog friendly and you could swim in the lake. They didn't tell us that there were people fishing every 5 feet so you'd have to be a big jerk and go swimming right were everybody is fishing if you wanted to swim. Eventually we went to where the stream enters the lake, we found a nice quiet spot just up the stream. We put the long leashes on the dog close enough so they could play in the water and we set up day camp.
We pretty much hung out and did nothing all day. Once and a while we'd let the dogs off leash to go play fetch with the tennis balls in the water. Emmett can't get enough of the water and Maverick seems to enjoy swimming, but is afraid of it. Once he's swimming he's fine and will keep going, but he hates that first step. Gracie did great for her first time in the water.
I wonder if Emmett likes the water?
We had to let them off the leash for a bit so they could play.
We pretty much did the same on Saturday - nothing.
Sunday we got an early start to come home so we could do something with the day. As it turned out, leaving at 9am, wasn't early enough. On the way home, there was a detour around Independence because of a mudslide. By the time we got there, traffic was backed up for miles. The backup didn't start too much earlier and we would probably have made it through if we had left at 8, but now we were stuck with everybody else. The wait was about 3 hours before they were able to clear the road and divert the flood waters away from the highway.
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