Tuttle Creek Campground, Lone Pine, CA

There are only two ways in to here. One is Canyon Road, a narrow curvy road between huge rock outcroppings. (Not for trailers!) The other is a detour, about a lane and a half wide. If someone comes toward you, somebody has to crouch at the side of the road. We got through with the camper all right.

There are 80 spaces, each one spaced far apart from the next – yay – on two loops. There is a picnic table on each one. Several vault toilets. The scenery is incredible – Sierra Nevada mountains behind us, snow capped mountains. A bubbly ice cold creek runs past us.

Yesterday we saw a Gambel Quail with her brood. We tried to count them and gave up after 15. They were all over the place pecking for food. We watched them out our back window for a while – if only the camera worked through the window! They took off when we went outside. The babies were flying! The whole thing was astonishing.

We are leaving tomorrow morning, heading to Mammoth Lake/east entrance of Yosemite.