shes in Bishop now. which just got a bunch of snow but not 10s of feet which she was tired of
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I’d love to hit up Mule Days one yearBishop for:
Also Mahogany Smoked Meats
Really wish I’d spent more time in that area when my brother lived in Mammoth
I usually pass through Bishop to go camping in Mammoth area.I’d love to hit up Mule Days one year
Really wish I’d spent more time in that area when my brother lived in Mammoth
Only stop to get fuel/food.
Mountain Rambler is a cool brewery in Bishop. Good food+beer.
Yep! Ate there after we hiked from South Lake to Bishop Pass. The Lee Vining shell at Yosemite entrance road is also legit
Mammoth Lakes has had a pretty absurd amount of snow in the last 5 days. Bishop looked like it was full on blizzard conditions for a while yesterday.
I've been up by Shaver Lake once. Extended family typically does a fall camping trip there, hoping to join this round or next one. When I go down that way I tend to go to Big Pine - Chemung Mine -> Bodie -> Mono Lake via dirt then on to Mammoth Lakes.
A buddy is up in the hills above Nevada City has a 3500 with a 4.5" Dominator lift and is running chained up 38s. He sent me a video of him driving on HWY 20 like 3 miles outside of town with snow coming over his hood. This is more snow in the western Sierras than the crazy stretch in 2011-2012 winter.168 going to Shaver Lake yesterday.
You need to check out my favorite place of all time up there.
It's up by Edison Lake. Mono Hot Springs.... It's my "happy place". We have been going there for 40+yrs.
They have traditional camp sites or free/dispersed (below). They also have natural hot springs that dot the area. It's a gnarly road to get to it. Single lane and can't take trailers.
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California storm strands surprising wildlife in South Lake Tahoe
Ariana Bindman, SFGATE / March 3, 2023
South Lake Tahoe wildlife advocate and expert “bear guy” Toogee Sielsch thought he'd seen it all.
Over the last ten years, his neighbors called upon him to rescue anything from raccoons, coyotes and even a wayward pet iguana that he said “had escaped and been on the lam for a month” in the dead heat of summer.
Normally, though, his job is pretty straightforward. “I'm the guy people call to crawl under houses to get bears out,” he told SFGATE, explaining that a few firecrackers go a long way. But he was taken by surprise when a confused pelican crashed into a power line and got lost in his snowy Sierra community on Wednesday.
“I knew that pelican got kind of disoriented in a storm that we had that night because we're right along the Pacific Flyway,” he said. This past week’s blizzard was so brutal, it shuttered every resort in the Tahoe region and closed all roads leading to it.
The snow would prove to be an obstacle for Sielsch — but as someone who’s manhandled pelicans in the past, he knew what had to be done.
“It was kind of hopping around, jumping up on snow banks. I would step into the snowbank and then we’d be up to our waists in snow,” he continued. “And we kind of chased it back into the street.”
“So we just ran it towards the garage and kind of cornered it and that's where we grabbed it.”
The bird did not appear injured. “It looked pretty darn healthy to me,” Sielsch said. “It just looked a little disoriented.” ........................
Tahoe’s blizzard was so bad, it brought a pelican to the Sierra
It's okay though, the bird is currently living its best life at a local shelter.
That area is screwed. Jensens in Blue Jay (the other grocery store close to this town) also got redtagged due to a sagging roof from the snow. That leaves a Stater Bros in Lake Arrowhead and a tiny Jensens in Cedar Glen to serve 4 towns...
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Half of California freed from drought thanks to rain, snow
JOHN ANTCZAK, Associated Press
March 2, 2023 / Updated: March 2, 2023 4:28 p.m.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tremendous rains and snowfall since late last year have freed half of California from drought, but low groundwater levels remain a persistent problem, U.S. Drought Monitor data showed Thursday.
The latest survey found that moderate or severe drought covers about 49% of the state, nearly 17% of the state is free of drought or a condition described as abnormally dry. The remainder is still abnormally dry.
“Clearly the amount of water that's fallen this year has greatly alleviated the drought,” said Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles. “It has not ended the drought completely but we're in a very different place than we were a year ago.”
California's latest drought began in 2020 and no relief appeared in sight heading into this winter.
Three months ago virtually all of California was in drought, including at extreme and exceptional levels. Water agencies serving millions of people, agriculture and industry were told to expect only a fraction of requested allocations..........................
Half of California freed from drought thanks to rain, snow
Tremendous rains and snowfall since late last year have freed half of California from...
Jelly bro. I like rural SD county
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I went to Mammoth with my son-in-law and a bunch of his pals.Bishop for:
Also Mahogany Smoked Meats
Stopping there on the way back was a must.