Sierra pack trip
Guests and packers from Rock Creek Pack Station start their ride back to the station from Davis Lake.
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Guests and packers from Rock Creek Pack Station cross a creek near Davis Lake in the Eastern Sierra.
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Guests don’t wear spurs, but packers for Rock Creek Pack Station do.
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Lake Davis and surrounding mountains on a morning without wind.
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Kami Decker, 16, of Los Gatos eats breakfast at camp. Her cowboy name: Scruffy.
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Olivia Palermo, 16, right, lands a trout at Davis Lake in the Eastern Sierra with her friend Kami Decker looking on.
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Fresh-caught trout for dinner at Davis Lake.
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Packer Hilary Bruegl’s boots hold a pair of empty whiskey bottles.
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Moonrise over the Eastern Sierra.
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Lake Davis and surrounding mountains on a morning without wind.
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Karen Johanson of Los Gatos crosses a stream near Davis Lake.
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Packer Bryan Kaiser wears a belt buckle celebrating one of his many wins at Bishop’s annual Mule Days celebration.
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Packer Bryan Kaiser loads a mule at Davis Lake in the Eastern Sierra.
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A tree stands on a ridge near Rock Creek Lake, Inyo National Forest, Mono County.
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