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Aspen Camp Ground 2014 October 11-16, 2014
14,375' Mount Williamson almost devoid of any snow.
Actually Barry and I only stayed in Aspen Campground in Lee Vining Canyon for 2 nights before it closed for the season on 10/13/14. Big Bend and Moraine were already closed but Lower Lee Vining Creek remained open. We decided for my normal camp area near Obsidian Dome for 3 nights instead of the crowd at Lower Lee Vining Creek Campground.
Lee Vining Creek
Minaret Vista
Barry and I had taken two hikes in the area headwaters of the San Joaquin River. (Both in the 80's) One was a loop right in front of the Minarets. Neither of our cameras were working properly and we got very few pictures to remember that one. The route had taken us behind the mid ground ridge in front of and to the right of the Minarets in the above picture. We had gone past Shadow Lake, Lake Ediza and Minaret Lake to the Devil's Postpile.
Bald Mountain Lookout
Barry is out of the picture at the moment
Mono Lake Tufa
Mono Lake water level in October 2014 (drought and the end of normally dry summer season, before hopefully good winter rains and snows) as compared to February 2005. Mono Lake doesn't drain anywhere. Los Angles diverts its inflow from the Sierra  (Even though LA is about 350 miles south) The losses are from evaporation
Lundy Lake
The last time Barry & I backpacked was after his bypass surgery and before his emphysema took over. We backed packed down to Lundy Lake from Sadlebaugh Lake. He hated the scree pile down to Lundy
Lundy Lake	Beaver Ponds above Lundy Lake
Near the Beaver ponds	Lundy Lake
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