Twin Elevators, Big Pine

Big Pine is where, a turn east goes to the Bristlecone Pine Forest in the White Mountains. And where a west turn leads to the Palisade Glaciers. Either way is glorious, of course, but neither way is any better than staying right in town and, behind an old motel, hiking out to the Twin Grain Elevators, covered with graffiti and positioned just right to squeeze the sun before it sets behind the 14,000-foot peaks of the Sierra Nevada.