We left early this morning for the 466 mile trek to see the folks with a couple of stops planned along the way. We love to be tourists.
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| Historic Mt. Whitney Fish Hatchery The facility was built and operated by the California State Fish & Game Commission.
Starting in 1915, the citizens of Independence began a local
fundraising drive to purchase a site for a proposed state fish hatchery... "to design a building that would match the
mountains, would last forever, and would be a showplace for all time." The architectural style they chose was Tudor Revival. When construction was completed in 1917, it was the largest and best
equipped hatchery in California and could produce 2,000,000 fish fry per
year. |
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| The scenic beauty of this special location was worth the detour. |
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| I have a talent of seeing "famous people". I passed Gregory Jbara as we were strolling the grounds of the hatchery. Mr. Jbara is a talented actor who is Garratt Moore on Blue Bloods. |
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| His character is the Deputy Commissioner for Public Information, working for Tom Selleck's character, the NYPD Commissioner. What fun seeing him from a show we enjoy. |
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| I have loved this building ever since we began traversing this route many years ago. If anyone knows its history, please share it with me. |
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| Signs along the highway call to us. We have been meaning to stop here and finally did. Wow. Fossil Falls The rugged and primitive
features of Fossil Falls are the produce of volcanic activity. As recent
as 20,000 years ago, lava from the local volcanic eruptions poured into
the Owens River channel. The erosional forces of the Owens River acted
upon this volcanic rock, forming the polished and sculptured features
that now can be seen at Fossil Falls. |
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| These photos can not capture the magnitude of these lava rocks, worn smooth by nature. They are truly spectacular. |
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| Fossil Falls originally started downstream from where it sits today; it
moved upstream as waterfalls typically do. Water falling over the edge
of the waterfall undercut the falls and caused them to move upstream and
grow taller. This process is called plunge-pool erosion. |
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| After 12 hours on the road, the folks' new home, on the 14th hole of the golf course, was an oasis. I eagerly await our lazy morning of coffee, family and almost 100° temperatures. |
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2 comments:
Fossil Falls is so cool. Your pictures turned out amazing. It looks like you are photoshopped into the pictures. It is bizarre.
I am glad you enjoyed the stop over as much as Fred and I. People don't know what they are missing as they drive 80 on the 395, erratically passing truckers and blasting the AC. There is so much to do!
I never, EVER would have recognized Jbara. I have a talent for NOT recognizing stars. I didn't recognize Mr. Peterman from Seinfeld standing 10 feet away from him in airport security!
I've never been to Fossil Falls. Really cool formations. Nice photos.
The orange building reminds me of the Giant Orange Stands of long ago:
http://www.parzanese.net/weird/location.php?location=134
Could that be what it was?
Miss you guys.
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