 | | Cubic is kind enough to allow us to use their parking lot year after year. Thanks!!!
Cubic Corp, San Diego, CA
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 | | Early in the drive up to the frozen land!
I-15, Southern California
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 | | Everyone has to take a turn at the mike. Here's me!
I-15, Southern California
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 | | Ugh, it's midnight and we need as much sleep as we can get, 6am rise! You get the best sleep on a gym floor with 150 other people (snoring).
Mammoth High School, CA
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 | | After a quick breakfast we're ready to shove off.
Mammoth High School, CA
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 | | See, we really were at the high school.
Mammoth High School, CA
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 | | So with the big storm about to hit we opted to change locations to something closer to civilization in case something happens. Besides our road is probably closed (or will be soon).
Mammoth Lodge Parking Lot, CA
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 | | Damm, the weather got crappy real fast!
Mammoth Lodge Parking Lot, CA
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 | | This is my group, the biggest ever. We cominbed 2 groups with 2 sets of leaders. Eek, that's still a lot of folks.
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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 | | Everyone in a good mood with their tents up and weather holding up.
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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 | | Time to pound snow, it's about to be brick time.
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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 | | Snow building 101: make bricks, dig bricks, stack bricks, stuff holes.
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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 | | Megan packing snow.
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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 | | Break time! It's hard and hot to build while wearing 4 layers…
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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 | | Me busting a snowball on the wall. Hi world!
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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 | | We don’t screw around! The walls are 6-7 feel and we'll tack on another layer soon to keep the wind out. The other groups only build 2-3 ft!!!
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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 | | Snow building 202: Igloos! Otherwise called, everyone get togeather to build lance his hut. I sleep in there : )
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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 | | Starting to round out the top of the igloo.
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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 | | So uh, that night sucked. Nothing burned with all the snow falling. We're standing around to keep warm and keep the fires dry.. Nice try.
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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 | | Um, yeah. There are people in this tent. Hahaha… I bet it was a tight fit after the walls collapsed! The igloo was perfect.
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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 | | I don't know about that thermometer but it sure felt that cold.
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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 | | So after screwing around in the snow for a day freezing our butts off… we're presented with hot chili, hamburgers, etc. What do you think we're going to do?
Mammoth Lodge Café
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 | | Our crap stashed as we run upstairs!
Mammoth Lodge
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 | | The rumour is that the Paramount Pictures mountain logo is this here mtn. So they say. So I say now.
US-395
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 | | Leaving Mammoth in the bus, I'll be back next year!
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 | | The internment camp from WWII in owen's valley.
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 | | All the salt and other minerals blowing off Owens Lake contributes to the local cancer rate.
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 | | Crystal Gyser water… it did flow down from the mountains.. To the middle of the desert before pumped into plastic bottles…
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