Back to Mammoth

Having successfully mended Colectiva, we headed back to Mammoth. This time, however, we did it via Bakersfield and the 395 – more miles, but less white knuckles. We headed up to where the Pacific Crest Trail runs nearby Mammoth, and the Woman was in ecstasy! Through much of this area of California the John Muir Trail merges with the PCT, and so we managed to knock off about 5 miles of both the PCT and the JMT!

We got to check another lifer off the list. Just past Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort is Devil’s Postpile National Monument. We had actually seen this phenomenon when we were driving the Rink of Kerry in Ireland two years ago.  At the Giant’s Causeway we learned how volcanic basalt cooling in calderas tends to form an octagonal column. The result is stunning.

While the formations we saw in Ireland were far more expansive, they looked almost identical in shape and form to what we found at Devil’s Postpile. We couldn’t help but feel like we were back in Ireland, at least for a moment.

Now, on to Yosemite – yippeeeeee!

Talk to you soon!