18 Oct 2024: Last Day in Lone Pine

When we travel, we rarely sit idle by the RV. So we usually fill our days, especially our last day on vacation. So after a few short hikes in the Alabama Hills in search of Nightmare Rock/Miss Alabama Rock and Shark Fin Rock.

We drove north to historic Mt Whitney Fish Hatchery.
“The Mt Whitney Fish Hatchery was once the largest and best equipped hatchery in California. In 2007, a large wildfire burned upstream of the hatchery. A year later, a heavy thunderstorm resulted in a massive mudslide that swept down Oak Creek wash, damaging ponds, water supplies, and employee homes. The main building escaped the flood and the facility is now an educational facility…” Info from bishopvisitor.com.
Unfortunately, they were closed but we were able to walk around the fish pond and feed the fish.

We usually bring our folding Zizzos bikes (pictured) or e-bikes on our trips and try to bike ride at least once, even if only around the campground.
There really isn’t a great area to bike around Lone Pine unless you mountain or e-bike Movie Road. Fortunately, just a mile up the road from Boulder Creek RV park is Diaz Lake. This Inyo County Campground has a road the circles the lake and was the only place to bike. The road was bumpy then gravel but beautiful in the evening. But be sure to wear mosquito repellent.
A nice way to finish our stay in Lone Pine.