I worked for 17 days at Vermilion Valley Resort, on Edison Lake, while hiking the PCT. It’s accessed by Fresno and all things eastbound. Huntington Lake is nearby. Mono Hot Springs too.
I’ll check out the map.
The west side of the Sierras gets bombed with rain and snow. The east side, not so much. I hiked up to Mt. Whitney- 14,508,’ two times out of four hikes.
Speaking of Ponderosa Pines, the White Mountains of eastern Arizona, are reputed to be covered by the largest stand in the world. I lived up there in Show Low, Lakeside, and Pinetop, and worked on the Ft. Apache Indian Reservation, east of McNary, for a company that made and built log homes. The Apaches would harvest the trees, and our mill would turn out the logs, milling them with a tongue and groove joinery, giving the Apaches a log for every log we kept. I worked in the cabinet shop next door to the mill.
“The west side of the Sierras gets bombed with rain and snow. The east side, not so much. “
Yup, we did. I lived alone at the cabin through the winter we got 25’. The next winter we got 30’ - I was in the snow-free valley for that one ;)
Sounds like you’re the free spirit I want to be. Hiking the PCT, stopping to make some money, moving on ;)
I admire people like that but have to have my nest nearby.
I adored hiking the Sierras right out my back door. Now, I have to drive 2 miles to the Holston trail and 10 to the AT. But escaping Mexifornia was worth it.