Mount Whitney from Tuttle Creek....

( Writing this from Wickenburg, Arizona on October 8. )

This is the last blog from our stay at Tuttle Creek.  The base of Mount Whitney is right at our campground.  The summit is at 14,495 feet elevation, highest in the U.S. outside of Alaska.
If you follow the road past our camp it takes you to the trailhead.
Doing the summit is only allowed with passes won in a lottery.
The drive to the trailhead of course is gorgeous and there are lesser hikes from there and picnic areas.  For those doing the summit there are overnight camping facilities.
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14,495 feet of sheer granite.

Waterfall at the trailhead parking lot.

Maybe you would like to rent a simple cottage on the Whitney.

Our camp is along the light colored squiggly road ( in the middle, left )and the Alabama Hills are the low mounds in front of the Sierra Nevada's past our camp.

Breaking camp on October 1.

McDove says goodby to the Alabama Hills.

From Tuttle Creek we head for Wickenburg, Arizona.  Our first time here also and we find a great boon docking camp on Vulture Peak Road.  So far we have been here for eight days and plan to stay another four days.  
We love this desert boon docking!!!

​Good night all,      Love, B&D