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| Space #48 at Tuttle Creek Campground |
We arrived in Lone Pine on October 10, 2011 at about 3:30 p.m. The weather was clear and warm. We stayed at Boulder Creek RV Park for the first 2 nights while we scouted the area for our next campsite. We chose to stay at Tuttle Creek Campground a few miles outside of Lone Pine, in the foothills of Mount Whitney. There is a creek (surprisingly enough called Tuttle Creek) that runs right through the campground, which should also be good for birding.This is our first attempt at dry camping (no hookups) with our trailer, so should be interesting. We will stay here until Oct. 15 or we run out of water and/or battery power. It is also very uncrowded which is nice! Stay tuned.
Oct. 14th. Dry camping has been successful. My high tech husband is feeling very proud of himself! Haven't seen as many birds as I had hoped, but the list includes: Red Tail Hawk, Goldfinch, (unidentified) Wren, Roadrunner, Shrike, White Crowned Sparrow, (unidentified) Warblers, Say's Phoebe (?) and Raven. I can hear a lot more birds than I can see in the dense riparian habitat!
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| View from Camp |
Another highlight of the time here was watching the full moon rise every night and cast its light on the snow-capped peak of Mt. Whitney. Tomorrow we head back to Boulder Creek to prepare for our next campsite which will be up in the White Mountains near the Bristlecone Pines.
Oct. 15. Add to bird list: Bewick's Wren, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Northern Flicker and Quail. We like it here so much we've decided to stay here one more day.
Will post again from our next campground!
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