A Winter Visit to Lone Pine, Part 2

Here are a few more photos from our recent visit to Lone Pine, California. Part 1 may be found here.

The snowy visits were gorgeous! It threatened to snow when we were there but never actually did.

One afternoon we visited an area said to be near where the memorable ending of my favorite Randolph Scott movie, RIDE LONESOME (1959), was filmed. The burning tree from the end of the movie was out here somewhere, though we're not certain precisely where.

We've been told by knowledgeable people that the tree, in fact, may have been a prop! It was also seen at the end of Scott's COMANCHE STATION (1960). I was a bit confused in that the tree in that film looked the same but was in the middle of a body of water; we learned that it was a man-made irrigation flood.

Some new friends met outside of town:

The vistas in the Alabama Hills never fail to impress:

North of town, this flag marks the burial site for victims of the 1872 Lone Pine Earthquake. We searched but could not find a way to get closer to the site. Last August I photographed the Historic Landmark sign on Highway 395.

Last year the neon signs in town received a facelift from Metabolic Studio so we made it a point to photograph the signs one evening at dusk.

One last look toward Lone Pine Peak above the rodeo grounds on our final morning in town:

The Lone Pine Film Festival is hoping to go ahead as an "in person" event next October, and if that's the case, we plan to be there!

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