Oh, the Places They Go! - A Portal and a Ghost Town

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Lone Pine, CA Monday night the wind picked up and blew strongly through the day on Tuesday.  It made hiking a bit uncomfortable so we invited Sue and Dave to join us in an auto hike through a couple of interesting places in the area.  First up was a trip into the Sierra Nevada Mountains to visit the Mt. Whitney Portal. Heading toward the Sierras Whitney Portal is located nine miles west of Lone Pine at an elevation of 7,851 feet.  As its name suggests, it is the gateway to Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States.  It is the trailhead for the Mount Whitney Trail, a twenty-two mile round-trip hike that goes up 6,700 feet to the top of the mountain (guess we will not be hiking that one!).   ...Read more...

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