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I read a TR (bike-based) about this area, down Cherry Creek and up Tecuya Creek. Many bears were encountered, and a large desert tortoise. You got some great shots, really captures the variety of the area. Thanks!

Start them young, before they realize what you're doing! :lol: I was 7 and my brother 5 when we did the Tuolumne->Happy Isles trip in Yosemite. Bear entered camp one night, parents each grabbed a corner of our tent, and we were rudely awakened by the dragging sensations as they ran from the bear up ...

That observatory is featured in the Larry Niven/Jerry Pournelle classic "Lucifer's Hammer."