Oh Ridge Campground

It's so easy to get caught up in your own problem that you forget to be thankful for the simple joy in life.  That's why I chose to be a traveler, because every time I leave my comfort zone, I realize that my life was perfect and I already have what I need..

This July 4th weekend, I got a chance to mingle with some awesome young adult group from my brother's church.  They invited my brother, his fiance, my boyfriend, and I to spend 3 days and 2 nights on Oh Ridge Campground, which is a part of Inyo National Forest.

At first we were trying to find Oh Ridge Campground on our GPS, but we couldn't find them on the system.  Therefore we just plugged in Inyo National Forest and realized about 5 hours later that we actually passed the campground and would need to turn back and drive for another hour.  Hahahha it totally feels like a dejavu.

We end up arrived at the campground around 10pm.  I feel blessed by the warmth that these people poured out at us.  Even when they were a bit tipsy, they helped us build our tent in no time.  Some were holding the flashlight while the other was giving some drunk man instruction hahahaa.

Before anyone says anything.  I know I said church and drunk in the same post, I personally do not have any objection against alcohol as long as it is consumed responsibly.  I mean, even Jesus turns water into wine!! haahaha..

Well anyway, we couldn't do much on the first day.  Us four slept in a small tent that were meant for 2 people.  Since I love the sound of wind blowing through our tent and the sound of birds chirping in the morning, I thought I wouldn't have trouble sleeping at all.

 However, I apparently couldn't handle the snoring orchestra that my brother conduct when he sleep!  So I quickly went to sleep before that happens, yet the orchestra was so majestic that I would wake up feeling the need to make a standing ovation every now and then hahahah

The next day, we climbed the mammoth mountain.  We only visited some of the site like Devil's Postpile and Rainbow Falls.  The hike was actually wasn't too bad, except for occasional steep hike here and there.

The view was unique, I never seen anything like that before.  Study says that Devil's postpile was constructed when thousands years ago some lava cooled down and cracked.  Now you can see a bunch of symmetrical columnar basalt from below and pentagons from the top.

Sorry for the random tree poses, please focus on the ground people!!!!

Next, we hike for another miles to see the rainbow falls.  It was kinda cool to see how some people were swimming through the water falls and how the mist really create rainbows.  Unfortunately, I don't have a good picture that shows what I was talking about, so let your imagination go wild!

One thing that's different about the campground than off road camping is that there's an actual bathroom with waterline, so people can do their business and take a shower there...

While some of my friends were cooking dinner, I was taking a shower. We have to take turn for shower because there's only two stalls.  The shower was surprisingly cheap! It only cost $1 for 7 minute cycle.

I got back to our camp just when the sun is set and when the dinner is ready, talking about perfect timing..

After a good hike, shower, and dinner.  We spent some quality time talking about Elisa lam and Cecil Hotel, Udin sedunia, and some other random stuffs.  Then we all passed out like no one cares.  Forget about the snoring orchestra or the rocky ground, I woke up 6 hours later just because my bladder was about to explode..

I ended up making a quick trip to the restroom accompanied by a dang gorgeous night sky. I attempted to send a message to our friends in the other galaxy, but ended up looking like a crazy woman waving at nothing...

Then I went back to bed and helped out with breakfast in the morning, take down the tent, and drove back to home.  It was such a quick yet memorable trip.  People are so friendly and easy to talk with, that I feel like I knew them forever.

I also learned the secret of contentment : The lesser I have, the more content I am.  As Dalai Lama said, "When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need."  Before the trip, I don't feel as thankful and happy as I should have, but then I realize that  there's so many little things that I took for granted.  For example my comfy bed and the internet ahahha.

That's all for today. Until the next adventure you all, vagabond girl is out~