That trail was a lot more challenging than any of us anticipated. It took about 2.5 hours to get to camp, with a couple of stops. A word to the wise, don't air down C-load range tires. We went through both of my spares on the Dominator to figure that out. The rim pinched the sidewall and cut right through. Fortunately, we had made it through the first set of crazy switchbacks when we lost the first tire, and were only a mile from camp when the second one went. Otherwise, the trailer did great. Camping at nearly 10k feet takes it out of you though. Several in the group were feeling it more than the rest. The spot we were at was in a little bowl of bristlecone pine, regular pines, and cottonwood trees. We had deer roaming through the area and the weather was great. It was crisp at night, and a bonfire would have helped.
I stayed in camp and just relaxed. The drive up the mountain was a white-knuckler for me, towing the trailer, and I just needed time to chill. Others went off exploring on Saturday and I'm sure there will be great pictures posted. My son discovered that the side bars with steps on his Forerunner are not real rock sliders. That which hangs down, gets smashed or ripped off!
We all left camp yesterday morning around 9:15 and were airing up at 10:30 just outside Bishop. My sons and I stopped for pizza and calzone at The Pizza Factory in Lone Pine, so that put us about an hour behind everyone else. We made it home to Lemon Grove a little after 6 p.m.
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