The week after I got back from Kentucky & Maryland, Sam and I decided to take a little vacation together. We drove up to Bishop Wednesday night and we camped in Bishop. We've stayed at this campground before. It's a really cute campground with a little creek that runs behind the tent. So CUTE! The not so cute part was that 50 French teens were also camping there. Talk about clogging up the bathrooms! I felt like I was back in France again, and for the life of me, I couldn't figure out what the heck they were saying!! On Thursday, Sam and I drove to Lake Sabrina, just north of Bishop. Sam had been planning this trip for months and he was SOO excited to get back into the mountains! So Sam had planned this "moderate" hike up to Blue Lake. It was only suppose to be 3 miles, or 2 hours. Well, 2 hours into our hike, we were getting low on water, we were WAY out of shape, and other hikers were telling us that we were only 1/3 of the way there. We quickly abandoned the thought of completing that hike, hiked back down to our car, and then spent the rest of the evening in Bishop.
Sam and I as we're resting on our hike to Blue Lake.
Lake Sabrina. How beautiful!
Another view of Lake Sabrina. That night, we ate dinner in Bishop and then roasted marshmallows and Starbursts. We had fun!
On Friday, we drove up to Mammoth Lakes. I was pretty happy to be away from the French teens! :). We hiked up to Arrowhead Lake, which was this gorgeous lake that was completely untouched by humans! It was a good 2 hour hike and it was well worth it! The mosquitoes weren't as bad and our bodies were better prepared for this hike. What a beautiful lake though!
After we made it to Arrowhead Lake, we decided to return to our car because it started looking pretty stormy. So we decided to drive to the different lakes in Mammoth (I believe that there are 7-8 main lakes there). This was taken at Horseshoe Lake. I just love the color of the water!
This is Lake Mary
More lakes in Mammoth
Lucky for me, Sam was kind enough to let us stay in a condo in Mammoth Friday and Saturday nights, since I had endured 2 nights of tent camping with our French friends. This is the view from our condo. How beautiful! 
On Saturday, we decided to hike to Rainbow Falls in Devil's Postpile. I did this hike as a child and I remember that it was so beautiful and full of trees. Unfortunately a few years back a big fire came through and destroyed most of those trees that I remembered. You can see in this pic how barren it is!
We finally made it to Rainbow Falls! It looks so tiny in this pic, but it was a good size waterfall!
One of the rivers around Rainbow Falls. Once we reached Rainbow Falls, we were both feeling pretty good. So we decided to keep hiking to Lower Falls. 
I saw this tree at Lower Falls and I fell in love with it! I'm not a tree hugger or anything, but I was so fascinated because by all reasons, this tree should be dead. But it trudges on and is barely hanging on. You can see most of its roots. How amazing! 
Lower Falls. I totally thought that it looked like something from Disney's California Adventureland. So pretty!
After the falls, Sam and I decided to hike to Devil's Postpile. On our hike, we found a deer! I was pretty impressed! For those of you who see cute wildlife all the time, how lucky you are! It's amazing to see these animals in their habitats. What a treat this was for us!
Once we made it to Devil's Postpile, we decided to hike to the top of it. This is the view from the top!!
This was also taken at the top of Devil's Postpile. I love it because you can see the hexagonal shaped rocks! Fascinating!!
Here's our FABULOUS condo! I was totally in love with it! It had a cute kitchen with granite countertops, a fireplace, a king-sized bed, a pool and jacuzzi. After a full day of hiking, this was SOO worth it! On Sunday, Sam and I went to church and then we headed home. We had a good little trip and it brought my short little summer to a close! I'm sure that more trips are on the way! :)
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