Today’s Morning Shot isn’t a morning shot at all, it’s a beautiful susnset captured by Phil King. Phil recently backpacked into Young Lakes where he spent a couple of nights. Long enough to take some beautiful shots of the area. Very nice, Phil.
Today’s Forecast:
Sunny today with highs in the upper 80’s to low 90’s. Clouds developing this afternoon with a chance of thunderstorms. Overnight lows around 58F.
Lions and tigers and bear…well…just bears:
Every year bears do thousands of dollars of damage to visitor vehicles because of improperly stored food. Bears who become too aggressive in their pursuit of food, whether in your campsite, on your person or in your vehicle, are often destroyed (translation: killed). Do your part to protect these magnificent animals. Use the food lockers provided in your campsite or at the trail head. EVEN if you’re just going down to Glacier Point for a look, put your food in the lockers. You wouldn’t want this to be your car would you?
To Hell I Go!
Bodie used to be one of the roughest mining towns on the eastern side of the Sierra. Now it’s held in a giant forcefield where time doesn’t affect it so you can see what it was like back in the early days of California. Ok, there’s not really a forcefield just some really dedicated people who keep things from falling apart. But it’s seriously one of the coolest places you’ll visit and it’s just minutes outside of Yosemite’s Tioga Pass (Highway 120 East) entrance.
This Saturday (8/8) is Bodies annual Friends of Bodie BBQ. During the event the park comes alive for everyone with a parade, interesting activities and people in period costume.
Bodie or Bust! Blog: On this Special Day, in this Special Place, in this SHP that is such a HUGE Part of our Gold Rush history, the town comes ALIVE again for one day.
Yearly Bodie fans, young and old come to share their love of the town, meet old residents & friends, and party with a Parade down Main Street wearing old time period costumes (@ 1:30PM this year), games & contests for kids, food & music and for Actual Members of FOB the day culminates with a BBQ and Evening Entertainment. At 8,400 feet these occasions are Rare like the air, and always new memories are made.
The Daytime activities are OPEN to ALL..
The BBQ and evening entertainment for FOB members ONLY…..as the park is closed by then and the public has left. If you are interested in attending Please do. If you wish to Join FOB and attend the BBQ Please call the Park Office and get info on how to join and then you can be part of those Helping to Preserve our History and join in on the evening’s fun. The Member’s BBQ starts at 5PM Call for Info: (760) 647-6564 RSVP by August 1st so your dinner will be ready.
Please note it’s too late as of this posting to RSVP for Friday nights bbq. Unless someone emails me and tells me different.
Bodie State Historic Park photo by Loyd Schutte.