Our next stop was actually really close, and we were excited to see the Alabama hills. There is a “Movie Road” that goes through the hills and we had the coordinates and directions for several areas where famous scenes from various kmovies and TV shows had been shot. Although it is really close to where we are staying, the bridge was being worked on and the road was closed at one end so we had to take the long way around. Actually I am super glad we took this way because there were some gorgeous views along the way. We hit the leaves right at peak and stopped several times to take pictures.

When we got into the area proper we were really blown away. From US 395 all you can see is huge piles of dirt, but when you get behind that pile the rock formations are incredible. It reminded me of a much larger version of City of Rocks in Deming, NM and we could have spent days exploring here. Jack loved it too as we wandered about and explored the area.

Most of the roads are absolutely fine for a standard vehicle and we saw lots of folks dry camping amongst the rocks. There were even a group of rock climbers we watched for awhile, there is obviously plenty to do in this area. We also tracked down all of the movie spots we could find. That was pretty fun as well.

My absolute favorite part though was a large rock hut with a opening for a window and a chimney. It was super cool and we took tons of pictures there. Reminded me of a hobbit house.

We had so much fun we didn’t want to stop so we took Jack home for a nap and then Lee and I drove up to Mt. Whitney portal. I had no idea how close this was and as we climbed to over 9,000 feet the terrain totally changed. We had our first snow in awhile (car anti lock brakes and traction control did great) and when we got to the end of the road we saw some gorgeous campgrounds near a trail to the top of Mt. Whitney. Beautiful.

Absolutely beautiful and at the end we heard rushing water. An absolutely gorgeous waterfall was right there for us to see and capped off a perfect day. Seriously any day you can explore so many new sights, sounds, and smells is a great day for us!

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