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[nibot]

I really like traveling through Los Angeles Union Station. It just seems so delightfully twentieth century.

Bree and I are currently relaxing at my parents' house in Orange County, having taken the train here from Los Angeles on Thursday. In the coming days I think we're going to steal my dad's Prius for a trip up to the Eastern Sierra, probably Devil's Postpile, and who knows where else.

Pictured above is Bree with some of the chickens and baby chicks that live here... they are really very cute. My mom bought some fertilized chicken eggs and snuck them into the hen's nest, and now the `mother' hen seems quite enamored of her foster chicks. (Further reading on furzicle's journal.)

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[aepfelx.livejournal.com]

devil's postpile is quite awesome. if you're up for a serious hike, my gf and i did a 3-day loop from devil's postpile as the base up to the cirque lakes (Minaret, Cecile, Iceberg) with absolutely gorgeous views. an in-and-out to Minaret can make for a moderate-to-hard but pleasant overnighter or a _really_ intense day hike, and you'll get most of the views there.

pictures available if you want motivation

(also i saw the photo and was going to ask, as a joke, whether the chickens came from the egg carton... then i read the text. err. interesting. i didn't know fertilized eggs are sold like that)

[nibot.livejournal.com]

I think the egg carton there is just a coincidence! But perhaps that's where the chicks came from...

My mom is an elementary school science teacher... her stories (on furzicle) about trying to explain to her students where chicks come from are hilarious.

My brother has some good photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/commissariat/tags/chickens/

Yes, I'd definitely like photos/info on good hikes in the eastern sierra. How ambitious we'll be with hiking depends on how quickly breelupia recovers, but she seems to be doing well and ready to hike. (-:

[aepfelx.livejournal.com]

login/password for photos have been sent via facebook msg.

maps snapshots are included (we did the shorter loop of the two shown in the schematic map).

in the same area, we also discovered that mono lake is a cool and pleasantly uncrowded "floating" experience (a not-too-shabby and far-closer imitation of the dead sea floating experience), and june lake is pleasantly warm and not too crowded for swimming and kayaking (there're kayak rentals on the north side of the lake; don't remember the name of the venue, but it shouldn't be hard to find)

[indomitability.livejournal.com]

Also, on Gull Lake (small fishing lake on the left side of June Lake) there's a fishing trail around the backside that leads to a quite awesome swinging rope where you can swing into the lake.

[aepfelx.livejournal.com]

also, awesome chicken stories on furzicle!

[in-alaska.livejournal.com]

Such a lovely photo of Bree and the chickens!

[nibot.livejournal.com]

hmm, I can't find your tent. Any chance we brought it to San Diego last year on our way to Cañon de Guadalupe?

[nibot.livejournal.com]

I do think I took it home from mexico df. I'll be back at my parents' house in a week or two and can look again. I really do wonder whether evan, bree, and I delivered it last year when we picked you up from your mom's house?

http://flickr.com/photos/tobin/15091449/