And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
One spring I was hauling logs up 395 north of Mammoth. Not a cloud in the sky. Then I came upon a stretch of highway with a foot of snow that had drifted off of the peaks. When you looked up you could see the winds blowing the snow off the crest of the mountains.
The east side of the Sierra is definitely a different world, and beautiful in its own unique way.
I have many memories on 395; as a kid we drove 395 up to backpacking departure points in the Sierra’s. We would stop at a bait and tackle shop in lone Pine late at night, we’d would walk a couple doors down to an office that had a Kodiak bear standing in the window (the last time I was there the bear was still there), we’d see steam rising from the “dormant” lava beds, and the occasional low flying bomber. In later life we had friends who lived in Ridgecrest and Trona. I miss all that living in another state.
My in-laws had a luxury single wide berthed in Aberdeen. Spent many weekends hiking, running, hunting, and fishing between Independence and Big Pine. Damn, I miss those folks.
we traveled it many times in my youth ( 70's ) going to the east side of Yosemite through Lee Vining i think. i 95 from Vegas and then cut across 168 towards Baker and then up. that was back when Nevada had no speed limits. it was great and the weed back then was crap.
Between Susanville and Reno....
ReplyDeleteOne spring I was hauling logs up 395 north of Mammoth. Not a cloud in the sky. Then I came upon a stretch of highway with a foot of snow that had drifted off of the peaks. When you looked up you could see the winds blowing the snow off the crest of the mountains.
ReplyDeleteThe east side of the Sierra is definitely a different world, and beautiful in its own unique way.
Drove many times between Socal and Susanville. Even wrecked a car south of Lone Pine.
ReplyDeleteI have many memories on 395; as a kid we drove 395 up to backpacking departure points in the Sierra’s. We would stop at a bait and tackle shop in lone Pine late at night, we’d would walk a couple doors down to an office that had a Kodiak bear standing in the window (the last time I was there the bear was still there), we’d see steam rising from the “dormant” lava beds, and the occasional low flying bomber. In later life we had friends who lived in Ridgecrest and Trona. I miss all that living in another state.
ReplyDeleteMy in-laws had a luxury single wide berthed in Aberdeen. Spent many weekends hiking, running, hunting, and fishing between Independence and Big Pine. Damn, I miss those folks.
ReplyDeleteI’ve driven that from Spokane to LA.
ReplyDeleteDaleC in Idaho
Traveled that route too many times to count. better than I-5...
ReplyDeletewe traveled it many times in my youth ( 70's ) going to the east side of Yosemite through Lee Vining i think. i 95 from Vegas and then cut across 168 towards Baker and then up. that was back when Nevada had no speed limits. it was great and the weed back then was crap.
ReplyDeleteWas in Bishop in 1979 for the Fourth of July. They will always hate LA for stealing their water.
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