EASTERN SIERRA Gems: Our Top 3 Favorite Stops Beyond the Yosemite Valley | California
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ค. 2024
- Explore Yosemite's surroundings with side stops like Mono Lake's mesmerizing tufa towers, the ghost town of Bodie frozen in time, and the scenic Hetch Hetchy Valley, showcasing a reservoir amid stunning granite cliffs.
Mono Lake is a majestic saline lake located in California. It is renowned for its otherworldly tufa towers, formed by the interaction of freshwater springs and alkaline lake water. The lake is a critical habitat for millions of migratory birds, such as eared grebes and California gulls. Despite facing ecological challenges, including water diversions, Mono Lake has become a symbol of environmental conservation and restoration efforts.
Bodie is a well-preserved ghost town in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. This once-thriving gold-mining town is now a state historic park, offering visitors a glimpse into the California Gold Rush era. Its abandoned buildings, including the Standard Mill and Boone Store, stand as a testament to the town's former prosperity. Bodie provides a fascinating opportunity to explore the remnants of a bygone era and experience the essence of the Old West.
Hetch Hetchy Valley, located in Yosemite National Park, was once a breathtaking glacial valley, comparable to the renowned Yosemite Valley. However, it was dammed in the early 20th century to provide water and hydroelectric power to the city of San Francisco. The damming of Hetch Hetchy remains a topic of controversy, as it led to the submersion of a stunning natural landscape. Despite this, the valley still offers striking beauty and serves as a reminder of the delicate balance between human needs and environmental preservation.
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05:58 Bodie Ghost Town
11:15 Hetch Hetchy
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Welcome to the Cactus Atlas! We are Glenn and Amy and invite you to join us as we visit all sorts of locations across the American West. We tour both natural and man-made attractions.
Our base of operations is in the Phoenix, AZ area. We do a lot of hiking, day trips, and campground reviews and hope that we will be a great resource if you are planning a trip to the American West. We also hope to delight you with our exciting adventures!
I love these adventures. There's something odd about this lake but the birds are so beautiful. I'll skip the flies thank you. Thanks for the invite. Hi Amy.
The flies are cool in thought but pretty prevalent. 😂 Don't blame you.
Beautiful scenery,
I like Bodie and it's easy to imagine the people living there. 😊
Bodie is amazing. As rough as you hear about things, it had some pretty fun things too it seems. 😊
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It's a brilliant little town
Thank you. 😊
Bodie is amazing. Like you I've been there 2 or 3 times but I'm alway eager to go back. Perhaps this year. I LOVE US 395, a really beautiful drive. Thanks for the great video.
Thanks to you as well! Bodie never gets old. We really need to devote more time to the place one of these days.
THANK YOU, AMAZING, I LEARNED A LOT, USA HAS MILLIONS OF WONDERFUL PLACES, NATURE..
Our pleasure! 😄
Great videp
Thanks so much! 😄
Definitely 3 worthy stops, but IMO Bodie & Hetch Hetchy are head & shoulders above! One could spend multiple days at each location taking in all that wonder.
Oh, absolutely. So many more trails to hike and buildings to check out at those two sites. 😄
Thank you SO much for the visit to Hetch-Hetchy! My bad knee and I will probably never get there, but I have been lucky to get around quite a bit over the High Granite, especially beloved Sonora Pass.
Always happy to help! 😊
You can drive there.
Well made production. Thanks, as always.
Much appreciated! Thank you too! 😊
My favorite part of the state. Totally unique and beautiful. Another great video, Glenn
Couldn't agree more! We're glad you liked our video! 👍
A wonderful collection of stops! Everyone of them is epic!!!
They really are! We had a hard time choosing. 😅
A shout-out to the Mono Lake Committee that fought the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power over water diversions and won, saving the lake from disaster.
You covered so much in this 17 minute video, very well put together! And thanks for my favorite, bad, bad bodie! Which seems to have a more family oriented aspect to its existence at one time too. 💫🏜️⚡
I imagine a lot of those old mining towns had their share of different sorts passing through - get rich quick types as well as families that would find moving around following strikes a bit more difficult. I could be wrong though. 😊
Another beautiful adventure Glenn and Amy. This one was awesome. Thanks
Thank you so much! We're going to be sad to see this series end today. It's been fun re-experiencing it. 😊
I'm about due for another Eastern Sierra trip. I love it out there. These are some good picks for an area with seemingly infinite things to see and places to explore.
No kidding. I'm sure if we get back out there again our top 3 will change. Then again, it's always evolving. 😂😅
Very nicely done video! I have lived in Bishop for 47 years and still find it hard to chose a favorite place to visit and enjoy!
Thank you so much! Wow! That's an amazing place to live and a pretty awesome problem to have. 😅 Enjoy those sites for us! 😊
Beautiful spots!
They really are! Thanks for watching. 😄
I’d like to visit these ghost towns on horseback just like the old cowboy days..
That would be something! Sounds fanastic!
They don’t call that area God’s country for nothing.
Great job Glen!! Tell Slim and Amy “hello” from me. 😀
Thanks! And hello from me (Amy) and Slim! 😊
Schoolhouse. 6-3=2 😂😂 Another great adventure. Bodie is epic. So easy to let your mind wander
Right?! I noticed that too. I'm positive it had to be intentional as a little laugh. At least I sure hope so! 😂
Excellent review! I just subbed,now i have to binge watch,lol
Awesome! Thank you for subbing! 😊
I have been at that dam, and I absolutely loved it. I was taking so many pictures that the three other people that we were with threatened to take my camera away and actually did because I would love to stop and take a picture of everything but it was amazing.
We're guilty of the same. You sound like our kinda people. 😄👍
There's so much to see. Lake Country, Ca
There really is. We feel we've only scratched the surface! 😊
Hetch Hechy is just another example of man's greed over nature; totally unnecessary! Thanks for the video, just makes me want to visit sooner!
What an amazing spots.. I didn’t know hetch hetchy existed.. a very calm part of Yosemite park.. Thank you
It really is! Obviously no substitute for Yosemite Valley, but certainly worthy of a stop to get a tiny taste. 😊
Loved the video. I love highway 395.
Sad to see how much Los Angeles has destroyed
Great stops! I had no idea about the film set on Mono Lake, I enjoyed that segment. I haven't been to Bodie, for whatever reason, I'm not sure i want to go there. Hetch Hetchy! Man, this is a beautiful spot! I did a solo day trip here last year for the first time, and I was blown away! We actually have a cabin at the awanhneee in the valley for a few days in March, but I hope to get back to Hetchy Hetchy later in the spring 😊
We were told about the movie but hadn't actually watched it until somewhat recently. Hetch Hetchy is another place we'd love to get back to. 😊
But Hetch Hetchy is on the west side of the crest of the Sierras.
Tioga pass was great. I wont go back to schat's mexican bakery tho. This is a lovely place everyone should see.
Tioga Pass is beautiful. I was under the impression Schat's is Dutch. I wanted to make sure what the pronunciation was before I roasted Glenn in a recent short. 😅
@@CactusAtlas Schats Bakery is Dutch and the Original Bakery is in Bishop which was opened by Erick Schat.
Have you ever been to Randsburg ghost town off 395 near Ridgecrest Ca
Not yet, no. Have it pinned for the future but just haven't had time.
Is there electricity there?
I see electrical poles
In Bodie? The town did get electricity around the turn of the century. I know they have rangers who live on the property so I would have to think it still has electricity today.
Just PLEASE keep it to high impact spots. It's sad to watch all the east side 'secrets' get totally trashed by incredibly high usage and visitation.
You said "Sierra Nevada" instead of "Sierras" or "Sierra Nevadas", and you pronounced Mono Lake correctly. Great video so far, but you lost me at Hetch Hetchy, which is NOWHERE NEAR the Eastside. It's in the Western Sierra. If you're gonna do the Eastern Sierra and 395, then you missed out on The Alabama Hills. Why? Weird. (Speaking as a former Inyo National Forest Ranger, Yosemite National Park ranger, and Momo Lake Committee employee).
We featured the Alabama Hills in a previous video.