The South Tufa Reserve, on Hwy. 120 just 5 miles east of Highway 395 offers an easy hike through some of the most intriguing topography, with tufa towers rising out of the lake like ghost pirate ...

The hike: You might have driven past the 27,000-acre Red Rock Canyon State Park on your way to the Eastern Sierras, captivated by the huge white clay and red sandstone formations from the CA-14.

Lake Mary mid-afternoon is a highlight Tim second installment from the eastern Sierra. The next day, we continued south on 395, turning off on Hwy. 203 to the town of Mammoth Lakes.

Following up on last week’s road trip to the June Lakes Loop in the eastern Sierra, and the continuation on to a favored destination, Mammoth Lakes, just 20 miles south in the shadow of lofty Mt ...