LF Gathering: Alabama Hills, CA May 6-7, 2016

[Forrest Atkins]

Hi Gary,

I guess others will chime in when they can. Since I'm mentioned figure I'd respond. Seems the group gathered at the original campsite Saturday around ten or so, having arrived later than expected Friday...Some as late as midnight. A change in campsite was posted Friday evening (See #17) despite spotty internet service in the Hill's. Understand you stayed in town so not sure you saw the message? In any case sorry we missed you. Hopefully you got some keepers as it was a great time to be in the Hills.

[JerryP]

I couldn't find you guys either. I'm staying in Bishop, sitting in a field of wild iris. Good weather here today.

[rich815]

I couldn't find you guys either. I'm staying in Bishop, sitting in a field of wild iris. Good weather here today.

I could think of worse places to be!

[Laura_Campbell]

Hi Gary,

I guess others will chime in when they can. Since I'm mentioned figure I'd respond. Seems the group gathered at the original campsite Saturday around ten or so, having arrived later than expected Friday...Some as late as midnight. A change in campsite was posted Friday evening (See #17) despite spotty internet service in the Hill's. Understand you stayed in town so not sure you saw the message? In any case sorry we missed you. Hopefully you got some keepers as it was a great time to be in the Hills.

- Cell service within the Alabama Hills can be found in most elevated locations on the east and west sides, areas which provide views of the Inyo Mountains.
- If camping, the town of Lone Pine offers free wifi along Main Street/395 corridor.
- The best cell service provider for the area is Verizon. Your results may vary (see image map for cell service locations in the Alabama Hills):

[peter schrager]

got up there early friday morning for some delicious cloud pictures. unfortunately I'm nursing some broken ribs and by friday afternoon was a goner. met laura and forest; great to meet you
see you next time!!
best,peter

[Michael Clark]

I got there Thursday evening and it was not until Saturday that I caught up with the Hole in the Wall Gang (a reincarnated Gazebo Gang.). Have what ought to be some nice photographs. Dan and Randy made breakfast and dinner, pretty cool.

[ScottPhotoCo]

Hello all,

It was great to meet and chat with many new LF people. What a beautiful weekend. The clouds were pretty spectacular and the rain gods had mercy on us with just a smattering of drops on Saturday afternoon/eve.

I must apologize as I may have been part of the issues people had when we were not at the announced site. I must admit that I have not been able to spend much time here lately as we've been moving to a new house and did not read the original post well enough to remember the specifics of the announced meeting site. Randy and I arrived later in the afternoon on Friday and Laura was kind enough to show us a fantastic site that was quite hidden and mostly protected from the wind while still affording some great shooting opportunities. When we saw it the immediate tired reaction was "hell yes" without remembering the original instructions that Daniel worked so hard to coordinate. So for those that missed us all and to those that had a hard time connecting, my sincere apologies. I hope that you still had an opportunity to make some great images and I hope that you'll consider returning next year. I do enjoy meeting new LF friends and always learn a lot with every return.

In the meantime, here are a few iPhone shots to give you a taste of the beauty and photographic opportunities of this incredible park.

[ScottPhotoCo]

A few more.

[ghostcount]

Tim,

Don't hog the burden of responsibility. I too re-sounded the site location and should have known better. We were fortunate enough to have Danny scouted the original site the next morning to gather any folks who were there and we met some wonderful folks from Bishop.

[ghostcount]