{"id":22970,"date":"2019-01-05T21:54:48","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T05:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=22970"},"modified":"2019-02-08T23:05:42","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T07:05:42","slug":"january-5-2019-owens-valley-and-the-reward-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2019\/01\/05\/january-5-2019-owens-valley-and-the-reward-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"January 5, 2019 Owens Valley and the Reward Mine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Marcia and I were in Explore Mode in the Owens Valley. \u00a0It was a chilly winter day without much sun as a Pacific storm approached. \u00a0I was hoping that we might get some interesting lenticular (mountain wave) clouds, but that did not materialize. \u00a0First stop from Big Pine was the little town of Aberdeen, which I had never visited. \u00a0It was ho-hum, more of a trailer-park community, with no services today. \u00a0This web site<\/a> has some great photos of old Aberdeen, and check out this narrative<\/a> for a glimpse of life 100 years ago here. \u00a0A paved road (old U.S. 395, apparently) south from Aberdeen led to a dirt road which angled off to an interesting canyon towards our southwest. \u00a0The road was good enough for my 2WD Xterra, and we made it about 98 percent of the way to the canyon entrance. \u00a0 This may have been along Sawmill Creek — I am not 100 percent sure on that. \u00a0 We spotted a line of mule deer and an bird of prey, too.<\/p>\n

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