welcome to my beautiful camp here in the mountains of the eastern sierra i will be here for a couple
of days i recently completed a backpacking trip and headed over here to this camp that
i'm familiar with it's a free blm site absolutely beautiful the sights are very nicely spaced apart
lots of privacy among all these amazing tall pine trees it's very quiet and i really enjoy this spot
i've stayed here a number of times actually it feels so good to be back in the sierra i left
utah after being there for over two months and i debated quite a bit as to whether i was gonna
head up to wyoming or come to the sierra and ultimately what swayed my decision is i had a
brand new baby nephew born on cinco de mayo and i was really wanting to meet him and i also have
another nephew that's going to have a graduation party so i thought if i came to california i
could meet my new baby nephew and just visit with family and get to attend at the graduation party
also i wasn't able to get into the backcountry of the sierra last year because of all the fires
and currently there aren't any fires so i thought i'd better get in there while i could just in case
today i'm just going to be doing some chores around camp i need to run into
town to run some errands and then tomorrow i'm going to do a absolutely beautiful little hike
but first i am starving i'm craving some pancakes so i'm going to make some pancakes for breakfast
so miss showing you the flip i'll have to do it on the next one
so
going to run into town to dump my gray and black tanks
fill up on water and propane and dump trash also get some groceries
it was just a short trip down highway 395
south to mammoth lakes where i would find everything that i needed
i just popped here into the camper to get my groceries put away in the parking lot
and i am done with my errands so i think i'm going to take a quick drive up to
twin lakes it's a real quick drive from here easy access and very beautiful
town is getting busy uh it is summer for sure school's out and everyone's heading up to mammoth
meanwhile back at camp the squirrels and chipmunks were having a party
as for me it was time to get to my
chores
i'm happy to report that this campsite is pretty clean much cleaner than the last time i camped
here i always clean up trash around my campsite whether it's mine or not i try to leave this area
better than i found it and that's wherever i am remember leave no trace and pack out what you pack
in i've been asked a lot how i save my campsite when i leave camp and what i do is i set up a
tent i leave some chairs out a table i leave my outdoor rug i kind of try to spread everything out
and that way people obviously can see that somebody's here i've never had an issue
never had anything taken it's always worked just fine it is much cooler at this higher elevation
than it is in the owens valley below i've been keeping an eye on the temperatures down there
and it's over 100 degrees whereas here it's been in the 70s supposed to creep into the 80s in the
next couple of days but it is very pleasant so i think the plan is just to chill here for the rest
of the afternoon turn the camera off and enjoy my surroundings i am looking forward to the hike
tomorrow i think you will enjoy it i can't wait so i will see you all in the morning good night
good morning let's take a hike we are going to hike to parker
lake which is near the june lake loop it is super beautiful and i'm excited
today i headed north on highway 395 towards the north entrance of the june lake loop
so
it's a beautiful morning here in the ansel adams wilderness
the temperatures are perfect the wildflowers are blooming it is gorgeous
so
isn't it just beautiful here this lake is sentimental to me because it is where i did
my very first solo backpacking trip back in the fall of 2018. i chose it because it wasn't too far
from the trailhead so if i was uh wanting to get out of here if i got spooked or scared or just
didn't feel comfortable that i would be able to get out of here quickly it's just beautiful as you
can see and i felt really safe here the wind is uh pretty strong here at the lake right now it's calm
but there have been a couple of guests that have been pretty strong
i think i might try to have a snack here before heading back this is my lunch view
it's crazy because there will be these huge powerful gusts of wind and then it dies down to
nothing but i'm grateful that it's not constant so that i can sit here for a bit and enjoy
this beautiful lake i wore the wrong hat however because this one just wants to blow off of my head
that hike was awesome and now we are going to take a little drive through the june lake
loop
just another absolutely beautiful day in the sierra i feel so blessed to be here
what a beautiful hike and i always love checking out the june lake loop i'm back here at camp
and i'm ready to fix some dinner i was going to grill some burgers outside however it is
pretty windy and i don't want to have any kind of a flame going even if it's just charcoals
in this kind of wind it's very dry up here so i will just cook them inside and enjoy
the view of the outdoors from my little dining room i have an amazing view here at this camp
dinner is done the dishes are done and i think that's also going to wrap up this video
hope you enjoyed hanging out here at camp with me and going on a beautiful hike and seeing some of
the scenery here around the sierra i've really been enjoying my time here and hope to spend a
little bit more time here before i'm through stay tuned so that you can join me on my next
adventure i always appreciate you guys watching and i'll see you on the next one see you soon bye
so
you