On the Road is a weekday feature spotlighting reader photo submissions.
From the exotic to the familiar, whether you’re traveling or in your own backyard, we would love to see the world through your eyes.
UncleEbeneezer
We woke up Monday morning feeling much better about our campground. In the morning light it was much nicer than the gloomy/rainy night before. We had a fairly packed itinerary for our day, planning to drive up to Bridgeport and maybe up to Sonora Pass, so we wanted to get moving quickly. So instead of making coffee and breakfast at our camp we instead opted to grab breakfast at the Silver Lake Cafe which is one of the better-rated breakfast spots in June Lakes. The breakfast itself was tasty but portions were disappointingly tiny. For the $ it was bordering on a rip-off, honestly. Oh well.
After breakfast we decided to stroll around Silver Lake a bit. Silver Lake is home to the Silver Lake Resort, the oldest resort in the Eastern Sierra.
The Resort started with the vision of Roy & Nancy Carson in 1916 when they moved from Pasadena with their children to build the cabins, with some still existing today. The Resort was known as Carson’s Camp until they sold in 1940. The Jones family is only the fourth owner of the Resort and they continue to restore older cabins and structures and add new ones that still have that rustic mountain feel.
In the early years Hollywood celebrities discovered Silver Lake and built cabins around the lake. Wallace Berry, Noah Berry Jr., Frank Capra, Walter Lantz, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford and others were frequent visitors to the Carson’s Camp store – even into the 1980’s.
As you can see, the fall foliage really hadn’t started yet but Silver Lake was still really lovely in the morning.
Here a grove of aspens is just about ready to start showing some golden color! Too soon!
It’s BONKERS how silvery this lake looks!
With sunlight behind them, the aspens almost look like Fall.
Did somebody say “Silvery?” Just look at that mirrored reflection!!
Another great example of how silver this lake is. I can only imagine how gorgeous it gets when all the aspens finally turn.
Walking through the aspens in the morning is a wonderful thing!
Representin’ for our girl, Kamala!
Next, we will head to Lee Vining for a scenic drive we’ve been wanting to check out for a while.
Maxim
Gorgeous photos!
JPL
Beautiful!
eclare
Beautiful photos!
TF79
Great pics, thanks for sharing!
Miki
Gorgeous!
Traveller
Thank you! You have well captured the lovliness of a place I have never seen. I have a certain amount of envy…lol. Thanks again.
pieceofpeace
Is this your favorite area of the eastern Sierras? June Lakes lakes reflect their own beauty, but it’s the trails and trees that take me away from here to there with remembrance and some longing. Would love to be walking those trails.
Anyway
Nice pictures! You captured the beautiful light.
BigJimSlade
Lovely!
Betty
Beautiful peaceful setting for camping.
MCat
Gorgeous! Thanks so much.
Ruckus
Had a buddy whose dad worked in Mammoth Lakes and we used to go up there and hike everywhere we could. June Lake and well, most every other square foot of land in that area was incredible and beautiful.
Lost contact when I had to do my bit for the USN, tried to get in touch after and never managed to. I cannot recall a square foot of not beautiful land in that area, Mammoth Lakes, June Lake, Bishop, the hot springs….
UncleEbeneezer
@pieceofpeace: Gosh that’s such a difficult question. We love Mammoth for the easy access to restaurants, brewery, groceries etc. (not to mention we have a free place to stay if our buddy’s condo is avail), while still being in the gorgeous setting and close to amazing hikes. We love Bishop because it probably has the most options for campgrounds and hikes. We love Bridgeport since we got married there and it is a very different vibe than either Bishop or Mammoth or June Lakes. Convict Lake has the amazing restaurant and the lake loop. They are all so different for different reasons.
UncleEbeneezer
@Ruckus: Yup. From Lone Pine to Bridgeport you really can’t go wrong. Even the White Mountains (Bristlecone Forrest) is really amazing on the other side of Owen’s Valley.
Ruckus
@UncleEbeneezer:
I’ve traveled to Hawaii, to the most northern port in Norway, to the southern tip of New Zealand’s south island, to Spain, Italy, Greece, Mexico, Canada, 49 of the 50 states.
I still find my home country to be rather amazing in it’s own right. Sure we could be better, but then after all we are humans, of every possible side, color, concept, size, level of humanity. politics.
I’d bet I’ve left out something there.
UncleEbeneezer
@Ruckus: That’s an awesome list. Did you see Northern Lights in Norway?