Cairo and his Mom and Dad along with his GMa on Aimee’s side, ventured up to the Eastern Sierra in early July 2023 after the wettest year since 2017. There was still a tremendous amount of snow piled up in the higher elevations around Bridgeport, CA…
Cairo prepping with his new sleeping bag…
…and his Patagonia “puffy”…
Some casting practice with Dad at the Pasadena Casting Club after having his bubble filled…
…like a Pro…
Virginia Lakes Resort, still not open on July 1, 2023…
Portions of the parking lot have over six feet of packed snow…
…early dinner at the campsite…
…then some fly and bubble tossing at Little Virgina Lake…
Little Virginia Lake…very cold water…
…another view from where the boats and float tubes launch…
With Mom at campsite…
…Sunset at Little Virginia Lake…
Big Virginia Lake…
Blue Lake Brookie…
Roaring falls in the backcountry…
Rainbow for Cairo…
…it tasted real good…
Cairo preparing to trek…
Michael and Cairo in the aspens and mule ears…
On the trail to higher elevations…
The meadow at Green Creek…
A roaring Green Creek…
On the trail…above Parker Lake…
Parker Lake…
Michael packing Cairo in a snowfield with avalanche downed trees…
A waterfall coming off a snowfield above Parker Lake…
Coming back down the trail from Parker Lake…
…another waterfall coming off a big snowfield…
At the campsite with Mom and Dad…
Strawberries and pancakes…
On an after dinner hike with Dad and Bob…Mono Lake is the the background…
Taking care of business…
Watching Dad cast at Blue Lake…
Michael working the water for Brookies at Blue Lake…
Intensity with a snowbank in the background…
The dudes at the Jolly Cone in Bridgeport…
Nightfall above Bridgeport, CA…
NEXT…Montana, August-September 2023…
PT/TB
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