Pink sunset at the Grandview Campground in the White Mountains.

Sunset in the Grandview Campground in the White Mountains.

Looking at the pink, sunset sky to the east of the White Mountains, California.

A spectacular Ancient Bristle Cone Pine in the Patriarch Grove, White Mountains, California.

The road to the White Mountain trailhead. I love this area because it looks so other-worldly. I think this picture almost looks like one of those stock computer wall-paper pictures.

This is White Mountain. White Mountain stands on the east side of Owens Valley, facing the Sierra Nevada range to the west and Nevada to the East. It stands at 14,252 feet high making it the third highest mountain in California. It's clearly not white! The red/black colors come from ore and Mesozoic metavolcanic rock.

While hiking the truck road to the summit, we found ourselves surrounded by a heard of Nelson Big Horn sheep. It was an amazing experience. We asked the hiker before us and the hikers after us and no one else saw them. You know that saying about time and place...

This is a great view of the road to the High Altitude Research Center (run by UCSD), the sky, clouds and our favorite mountain flower (I believe it's called Rabbitbrush).