Alabama Hills

 This is the scene of many cowboy movies. We were talking to a guy at breakfast who had hiked to the top of Mt Whitney they day before - 14000 feet! - and he mentioned the glorious rock formations only 5miles away.
  We were hugely impressed spent quite a bit of time walking round exploring.
 Just loved this rock and it's strategically placed bush.
We were waiting for the cowboys or the indians to appear from behind a rock somewhere here, but it never happened.