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California 31st October, drive to Bristlecone Pine Forest and Mount Whitney

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We did a lot on 31st October. Following our visit to the tufa we had breakfast at the Nicely's all American diner in Lee Vining. It had to be pancakes, egg and bacon with maple syrup for me. Mairi had a sort of scone thing which was giant. We went back to the campsite, filled our water containers up and said goodbye. On the way out of Lee Vining we popped into the Mono Lake Committee building and watched a video on their conservation success and bought a couple of cards. The it was time to go south on the 395 although we made a diversion around the June Lake Loop which lies a few miles south of Lee Vining. Here are 4 lakes and we were hoping for some nice autumn colour but the aspens were largely over. The lake areas were quite commercialised and a little bit disappointing although there was hardly anyone else around. In the winter this is used as a ski area, but the snow hadn't arrived. On the way down we passed Mount Dana which can be seen in the first pictur