We continued our trip to the south and warmer weather. From McGee Creek RV we got on US-395 and started the long descent into the lower Owens River Valley. At McGee Creek, we were at around 7000′ elevation but we dropped quite substantially such that we were at about 4500′ in Bishop and down to about 4000′ at our new stopping point at Boulder Creek RV Resort a few miles south of Lone Pine.
We were quite successful finding warmer weather. Up at McGee Creek it was windy and about 50 during the day, 34 at night. Down here in the lower reaches, it is around 80 during the day and 60 at night. Very little wind.
There must be a substantial area near Lone Pine where folks can use their off-road vehicles because I see a lot of them in the RV park. The park also has full hookups, restrooms and showers for those tenting, a hot tub and a pool, crummy cable TV and slow wi-fi. There must be over a hundred spaces here but the space we were assigned is a big one and we have plenty of elbow room. We also have an absolutely spectacular view of Mount Whitney (el. 14,495′), the tallest mountain in the 48. We are 10,000 feet below the summit but not many miles horizontally from the peak. It is a monster.
We got set up in the park and Peggy became extremely altruistic by hauling our duds to the laundry facility and rendering them clean again. I am glad she is with me for this retirement stuff.
There’s a couple shots of the horizon as we drove that can be seen by clicking here