Summer of 2021- Day 3

Mammoth Lakes is a good place to go if you like hiking. There are many lakes you can hike to and there are also a lot of hotels, campgrounds, and cabins to stay. At certain hotels you can even buy a room so you can have a place to stay. In the winter Mammoth Lakes is a good skiing location because there is a lot of snow. The Mammoth Main lodge is next to a ski lift. In the summer the lodge has rope courses, rock climbing, and gold panning (More on that later). Because there is a lot of snow lots of lakes develop in the Mammoth area, these lakes vary in height. So, if you want to relax lakeside Lake Mary and George are the places to picnic. They are both down the road from the village, just take Lake Mary road and you can find a cluster of lakes known as Lakes Basin. Lakes basin consists of many lakes, most of which you can access from Lake Mary road. There are around 25 lakes(maybe more, I don’t know)  in the area near Mammoth Lakes. We chose Heart Lake for our first hike and coincidentally the trail was connected to the Mammoth Consolidated mine. I had been learning about the gold rush in school so I was interested to learn about mining in Mammoth Lakes. Once we got there we started hiking, the hike takes about 1 hour 30 minutes up because it is very uphill and 45 minutes down. The uphill climb flattens closer to the lake. The lake is about 50 yards wide and 70 yards long -these are fourth grader’s rough dimensions. The views when we were climbing up were worth the climb. After we finished the hike we went into the village and got Pitas from the Pita Pit. I would definitely suggest it if you need a quick lunch to recharge. You can customize a pita to your liking. After eating a quick lunch I went to the pool. That ended the day and I am ready for tomorrow. 

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