Is this MY FAVORITE PLACE ON EARTH? | SOLO TRUCK CAMPER LIFE
hello from highway 395 north in california i'm headed up to the eastern sierra a lot of you know that i came back to california for a wedding and before leaving i thought i would come back up and visit my 11th eastern sierra i've made it to one of my favorite little towns not just along highway 395 but anywhere and i'm gonna do something that i very rarely do and that is grab a bite to eat out i mainly do all of my own cooking and food preparing but this will be a treat pretty much every business in lone pine is loaded with character and charm the mount whitney restaurant is no exception i've stopped here for many a burger after coming out of these mountains on a backpacking trip lone pine considered the gateway to mount whitney is located in the owens valley near the alabama hills and mount whitney between the eastern sierra peaks of the sierra nevada to the west and the inyo mountains to the east during the 1870s lone pine was an important supply town for several nearby mining communities today it's a great resupply spot for pct through hikers breakfast was tasty and it hit the spot but it is for sure more about the atmosphere and the charm of that place i'm at a location that i've never shared on the channel before i've been here myself but i've never shared it with you so let's pop in and check it out i recognize these props right away as i'm a huge quentin tarantino fan parts of django unchained were filmed in the alabama hills more than 400 movies not to mention numerous commercials have been shot in the area hollywood first came on location in lone pine in 1920 using the unique scenery in more than 400 feature films since the museum collection is one of the largest and most significant in the united states and all they ask is a five dollar donation at the door at the time of filming this well worth the price of admission and there's even a 15 minute film with some history that you can view if you choose to do so that film museum is amazing it's so cool to see how many films are shot in this area right now i'm headed to camp and i'm going to leave you guys here because once i get there i'll be filming a video myself it will be the video that you will have seen last week so i will pick up with you in the morning and we will have the whole day to spend together exploring so make sure you stay tuned and i'll see you in the morning good morning and a beautiful morning it is here in the eastern sierra i'm here at the tuttle creek campground it's about two miles southwest of the alabama hills i have been to the alabama hills and featured it on this channel so many times that i wanted to mix it up a little bit this is kind of my backup campground it is a blm campground uh and it's eight dollars per day it's more of a structured campground there are pit toilets there is a dump station and a water fill however they do close that during the winter so it is not open right now it's another beautiful place and just another option out here the other reason i wanted to be here is i have a better sell signal here and i needed to upload last sunday's video for you so yeah it was really pleasant night and i had a quick breakfast this morning because i am anxious to get the day started and to get out and see this beautiful day in the beautiful sierra real quick i want to thank the sponsor of today's video skillshare i came into video content creating from a still photography background and i've been wanting to up my game as a one-woman show without any fancy lighting equipment using only natural light i found the perfect course on skillshare diy cinematography make your video look like a movie by ryan booth i learned key terms like key light fill negative fill contrast ratio and tools of the trade and how to put them into play have a specific skill you're trying to learn skillshare is the perfect place to start skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of available classes for anyone who loves learning there are courses available for health and wellness yoga and probably what my next courses will be food prep and cooking skillshare can help you make 2022 a year of new learning growth and connection through creativity the first thousand of my subscribers to click the link in the description will get a free one month trial of skillshare so you can start exploring your creativity today these mountains are truly magnificent it seems like there's just this gravitational pull whenever i'm within a few hundred miles away from them it's like they're the magnet and i'm the steel you are the magnet and i am still onion valley one of the principal entry points to the john muir wilderness is accessed via the onion valley road which leads directly west out of independence this trail takes hikers to kings canyon sequoia national parks to the west of big pine is glacier lodge road which leads high up big pine creek into the sierra to lakes hiking trails fishing and rock climbing underneath the palisades range and the palisade glacier you are probably wondering where i'm headed and i'm currently headed towards bishop california it's up just south of mammoth and i plan to grab a sandwich at my favorite deli in the sierra deli meat market and not that kind of meat market i told you my channel is family friendly once i grab the sandwich i am going to try to drive the mountain road into the mountains there's not that much snow here and there is a town up there so i imagine they keep it pretty well plowed and hopefully sit and have lunch somewhere beautiful maybe by a creek bishop is the largest town in the inyo county south of mammoth lakes you can pretty much find everything that you need here grocery stores restaurants obviously the mahogany meat company which makes amazing sandwiches and also the famous shats bakery it is also another gateway and entry point to the beautiful sierra nevada so so well i think i found the perfect spot to have lunch elevation i'm above 8 000 feet i stuck my sandwich in the bear box while i went and filmed the creek a bit just in case uh the bears are waking up it's pretty warm so do do do i'm here at my new campsite just outside of bishop i had originally intended on heading back down to lone pine however i thought i'd come by and see if this spot was available and i thought if it is i'm gonna nab it i had kind of a headache i think it was because of the elevation i haven't been at an elevation that high in quite some time i was over 9000 feet it's been just a really pleasant afternoon i'm looking out at this gorgeous view i haven't had any computer on no phone no music just listening to the wind blow it's been awesome this is a blm site it's free which is fantastic i'm going to go ahead and get dinner started pretty soon i'm just going to make something easy today's been a lazy cooking day you might have noticed and i think i'm thinking it might be an absolutely beautiful sunset fingers crossed so tonight i am just cooking up some burgers i'm not going to eat them all i just make them all and i can save the cooked ones for later the ones that i don't eat and then i will saute some brussels sprouts and there is dinner so i told you it was going to be a good sunset before i hit the road full time i lived in an apartment that had 180 degree view of the ocean and i would photograph the sunset every night almost every night my friends and family would always be waiting for my nightly post on facebook of the sunset and i got pretty good at predicting the clouds that would produce a just a colorful and beautiful sunset so i had a feeling tonight was going to be a good one and i was right i have to say that the sierra is definitely up there among my favorite places on the planet when i come here it just fills my soul it just does something magical to me and i can't even describe it i feel so completely chill right now so i'm going to go ahead and call it a video here i hope that you all enjoyed coming along and seeing these amazing and majestic views they're just such beautiful mountains thank you so much for joining me if you like this video please give it a thumbs up if you haven't subscribed please consider subscribing and i will see you all on the next adventure see you soon bye you
2022-03-10 20:44
