Have you ever seen a flying crane? Not the bird type, but helicopter type. Wow! What an impressive machine! After settling in to our campsite at June lake, we drove west up the canyon to find that the June Lake ski resort has been converted into the staging area for this behemoth helicopter. Designed to attach and transport big tanks of water for firefighting, it is now being repurposed to carry big equipment up the mountain ridge to try and contain a waterfall gone rogue with the heavy spring runoff. The waterfall is immense and clearly outside the limits of its normal range. Down below where we were, both sides of the road are swamped with runoff, rarely, if ever, seen before. There is still a lot of snow up there and warmer weather coming.
We had a great day, we have a delightful campsite at Oh Ridge, and we are now settling in for an early start tomorrow.
Love,
Liz Meyer
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