Goodale Creek Campground | BLM | California

This was a very scenic campground, snow dusting all the mountains.  Another nice BLM campground, but at least when I was there, not many campers. 

Snow was all over the mountain peaks, but down at land level, things were in bloom.

We had some windy days, but not too bad, so things were comfortable.  And the scenery was great.

 

Don't know if this was for a pet or what - but it was behind one of the campsites.

 

These little burros were hanging out on the road near the campground.

The town of Independence is nearby, but not very big.  It has a few impressive buildings like this old hotel which is now a B & B.

This was for sale, and looked very nice.

 

You'd think the town was massive, with this huge court house, but it's the county seat.

 

I took a drive up to the Ancient Bristlecone National Monument, but at 8,000 I was starting to get a bit of a headache because of the elevation. 

 

The scenery was great.

Gigantic trees - I think this is a Juniper.

 

 

I have never seen a lizard that was totally black and this one didn't really want to pose.

And a winding road all the way down.