Devil with a rainbow fall, not a blue dress

In the Mammoth Mountain area is the awesome Devils Postpile National Monument.



To get to the monument, you first have to take the mandatory shuttle bus down the mountain.  Then, it's a short hike to this:



This awesome wonder is columnar basalt. 



The part still standing towers 60 feet high!



I hiked the trail to the top of the postpile to view the tops of the columnar basalt.  Most are perfect hexagons.  A nearby sign said that hexagons "appear throughout nature because of its ability to save space and energy".  It mentioned beehives and turtle shells.  Hexagons are awesome! 



I then hiked back down and headed to Rainbow Falls.



I took a few breaks during the hike.  It was hot and dusty!



There were lots of big people at the base of the falls!  But I still had an awesome time!

The Bold and the Bodie-ful

It's a long, bumpy, and dusty road to Bodie State Historic Park, located in an isolated area of the Eastern Sierra Nevada.



Originally a gold mining town in the mid-1800's, Bodie became a ghost town in the 1940's.



Bodie is kept in what they call "a state of arrested decay".



Buildings and contents have been left as-is, and refuse is scattered across the town.



I came across a rusty old pot with an awesome green handle! 



Some buildings have held up to the elements better than others.  Sitting on a porch next to a rusty bucket.  Awesome!



Legend has it that if you take something from Bodie (which is a big no-no!), you'll be cursed and something terrible will happen to you.



All I took were photographs and awesome memories of Bodie.  I had a rockin' awesome time at Bodie!