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A very unique and beautiful 21-22 mile backpacking, camping and climbing trip over three days Memorial Day Weekend to Cottonwood Lakes and Mount Langley CA, one of the fifteen "fourteeners" (peaks over 14,000 ft elevation) in CA at 14,026 ft. The hike involved a five-step plan from car camping at the Olancha rest stop along CA-395 Friday evening; backpacking to Cottonwood Lakes from Horseshoe Meadow and setting up camp Saturday; hiking to the summit of Mt Langley and returning to camp Sunday; packing up camp, returning to the car at Horseshow Meadow, and driving back to Lone Pine Monday afternoon, where I left a suitcase and work clothes at the Comfort Inn; then a return drive straight to work in Ontario Tuesday morning to start the new week!

Hiking conditions were excellent during the entire three day adventure, with heavy thunderstorms forming late Monday afternoon moving out of the Sierras and looming over Lone Pine, but without any precipitation there. Daytime temperatures were around 65-70 F and night was cool (let's say almost cold) at 30-35 F, as camp was located at 11,000 ft elevation.

I met some incredibly great people along the way, including Homer, Debra, Allie, J.P, Dave, Matt, Fiona, and Loren on the hike up and back from Mt Langley, and Bill and Cass on the return hike to Horseshoe Meadow. Best wishes to all of them on their future endeavors.