Over Labor Day Weekend 2002 my husband, myself and Mocha the Labrador retriever visited the Eastern Sierras. It was half a day driving up from Redondo Beach. We focused mostly in the Devil's Postpile and Hot Creek area. Yosemite was not fully explored due to unfriendly dog policies. So we car-cruised through from along Tioga Road. We definitely want to return to the greater area to explore more of the Mammoth Lakes area, the Yosemite N.P., Kings Canyon, Sequoia N.P., the Bodie Mining town, Mono Lake, other Geothermal primitive ... (more)