Carrie
06-25-2007, 10:24 PM
These past few days have been long days at work. Not to mention since I first moved up to the Sierras a week ago for this 6 month internship at Manzanar I got really sick! For some reason all my allergies acted up, and I got the worst cold ever! Anyways, I have been going stir crazy being up here and having to sleep the entire weekend. Today was my first day out again with this cold almost gone.
I worked at Manzanar today with the boys. We crawled around underneath and helped work on the cement slabs that lay the foundation for the new mess hall. There is a huge restoration project going on at Manzanar where they want to re-do an entire block and make it look the way the rest of the 36 blocks did in the camp. This way the public can come in and see what it was really like living in the camp for the Japanese.
Here is a pic of the boys squatting around underneath the mess hall:
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z121/cjhearn_photos/0625071013a.jpg
Kevin digging around the cement slab bases:
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z121/cjhearn_photos/0625071012.jpg
Anyways, it was a long work day outside. Previously me and the boys had gone to the Mt Whitney Fish Hatchery which was pretty sweet. I have never seen soooo many trout in one place at the same time. We got a tour and the guy there told us about whirling disease which is rather odd for fish to have I thought. Anyways, that trip really got me to wanting to fish.
Soooo….after a long work day today my original plan was to go fish at Georges Creek. I decided to be a bit more adventurous and drove to the base of Mt Whitney. Heheheh! What a beauty!!! I went exploring!
Here is part of the Lone Pine campgrounds waterfalls driving up to Whitney:
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z121/cjhearn_photos/0625071855.jpg
This is Mt Whitney herself:
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z121/cjhearn_photos/0625071902.jpg
Sooo I found a great place to fish at the base of the trail. I could see lots of rainbows swimming around!!
My fishing hole:
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z121/cjhearn_photos/0625071915.jpg
Within about 5 mins I got my first rainbow:
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z121/cjhearn_photos/0625071920.jpg
I am enjoying myself ….yes I am:
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z121/cjhearn_photos/0625071955.jpg
I fished from 6-8pm and got a couple nice rainbows once again. The tricks at this one were a little different than the other place I have fished at previously but what a beauty!
My next adventurous thing is to climb Mt Whitney with some friends! That will rock!
Alright….well it was a great day but long….I am ready to hit the sack.
Here are the last of the fishes getting ready to be cleaned:
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z121/cjhearn_photos/0625072105.jpg
I worked at Manzanar today with the boys. We crawled around underneath and helped work on the cement slabs that lay the foundation for the new mess hall. There is a huge restoration project going on at Manzanar where they want to re-do an entire block and make it look the way the rest of the 36 blocks did in the camp. This way the public can come in and see what it was really like living in the camp for the Japanese.
Here is a pic of the boys squatting around underneath the mess hall:
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z121/cjhearn_photos/0625071013a.jpg
Kevin digging around the cement slab bases:
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z121/cjhearn_photos/0625071012.jpg
Anyways, it was a long work day outside. Previously me and the boys had gone to the Mt Whitney Fish Hatchery which was pretty sweet. I have never seen soooo many trout in one place at the same time. We got a tour and the guy there told us about whirling disease which is rather odd for fish to have I thought. Anyways, that trip really got me to wanting to fish.
Soooo….after a long work day today my original plan was to go fish at Georges Creek. I decided to be a bit more adventurous and drove to the base of Mt Whitney. Heheheh! What a beauty!!! I went exploring!
Here is part of the Lone Pine campgrounds waterfalls driving up to Whitney:
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z121/cjhearn_photos/0625071855.jpg
This is Mt Whitney herself:
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z121/cjhearn_photos/0625071902.jpg
Sooo I found a great place to fish at the base of the trail. I could see lots of rainbows swimming around!!
My fishing hole:
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z121/cjhearn_photos/0625071915.jpg
Within about 5 mins I got my first rainbow:
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z121/cjhearn_photos/0625071920.jpg
I am enjoying myself ….yes I am:
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z121/cjhearn_photos/0625071955.jpg
I fished from 6-8pm and got a couple nice rainbows once again. The tricks at this one were a little different than the other place I have fished at previously but what a beauty!
My next adventurous thing is to climb Mt Whitney with some friends! That will rock!
Alright….well it was a great day but long….I am ready to hit the sack.
Here are the last of the fishes getting ready to be cleaned:
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z121/cjhearn_photos/0625072105.jpg