Took our time, got on the road about 1030.
Stopped for some supplies at Rite Aid.
Stopped at Mammoth Visitors Center and got some maps. Lots of good books/maps in there, would be fun to go back and read some stuff.
Got on the road and decided to head down to Bishop. We took Lower Rock Creek road down which was fun to see again. Came out onto 395 above bishop, then got gas.
Drove over to the Owens River off of 5 bridges road, then up to Chalk Bluffs. The water was moving so fast, 507CFS so we decided not to fish it.
We continued on and hopped on Fish Slough Rd. This just parallels hwy 6. We cruised down the dirt road, checkin things out. We stopped at a few places to see some petroglyphs on some rocks on the side of the road. Amazing to see these drawings from people 1000 years ago. Just amazing!
Continued up and turned onto Chidago Canyon rd. We headed up and went through a super tight Red Rock canyon. Pretty fun to see though!
Came out of the canyon, and passed some good lookin country. Passed a few mines, of which we saw a few camps where miners might live. Don't want to mess with them!
We finally poppped out onto Benton Crossing Rd.
We drove to the Upper Owens River right above Crowley lake just in time for a big storm to roll through, it was fun to watch. Dad and I wanted to fish here, but Tom wanted to fish up near Long Ears, so we drove 30 min to get up there, then had to rig up. I was able to fish on the river for about 30 min before another big storm came. Not even a single bite! I was using 2 nymphs, I don't know if I was weighted down enough.
I got back to the truck and was looking through Tom's binoculoars at them fishing still. Behind them I see a cow chasing a coyote away! No Joke! The coyote must have been harassing it so the cow chased him away. I continued to watch the coyote for a few more minutes then eventually lost him. But fun to see!
The storm came, dad got soaked because he didn't head back to the car quick enough!
We loaded up, and headed out. We saw a doe with fawns not far from the spot.
We got on a dirt road, then drove to a nice hot spring. There was someone camping nearly right on top of the hot spring, so we couldn't use it. Very frustrating. We drove to another hot spring, and another guy was in it, but was leaving, but it was dark by this time, so we decided to pass.
Map of Hot Springs: CLICK HERE
Google book about hot springs: http://books.google.com/books?id=0tF7-l903RYC&lpg=PA64&dq=whitmore%20tubs&pg=PA66#v=onepage&q=whitmore%20tubs&f=false
We drove home, and had some albacore for dinner.
Map of the complete day
Pics could be found on flickr. Hot spring is off Whitmore Springs, first nice big right.
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