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A tale of two public phones. #payphonesstillexist #payphonesofinstagram #typologyphotography #bishopcalifornia #devilspostpilenationalmonument https://www.instagram.com/p/CESSS21Ay_Ay6UlgBKamT9j4AGmne2RyB4fCLY0/?igshid=6l061oainzsp

Hiking along the Middle Fork San Joaquin River in Devils Postpile National Monument. #middleforksanjoaquinriver #devilspostpilenationalmonument #getoutside #summercamp2020 (at Devils Postpile Hiking Trail) https://www.instagram.com/p/CESJ7PgAhltF_Mm2Ag5MonBztIVf3BOcSF8YO40/?igshid=19pblflg4l6q8

The monument was created in 1911 as Devil Postpile National Monument, but is widely referred to as Devils Postpile National Monument, and has been officially styled as plural without the apostrophe since the 1930s. The monument was once part of Yosemite National Park, but discovery of gold in 1905 near Mammoth Lakes prompted a boundary change that left the Postpile on adjacent public land. Later, a proposal to build a hydroelectric dam called for blasting the Postpile into the river. Influential Californians, including John Muir, persuaded the federal government to stop the demolition and, in 1911, President William Howard Taft protected the area as a National Monument. The Postpile's columns average 2 feet (0.61 m) in diameter, the largest being 3.5 feet (1.1 m), and many are up to 60 feet (18 m) long. Together they look like tall posts stacked in a pile, hence the feature's name. If the lava had cooled perfectly evenly, all of the columns would be expected to be hexagonal, but some of the columns have different polygonal cross-sections due to variations in cooling. #devilspostpilenationalmonument #mammothmountain #basaltcolumns #summercamp2020 #easternsierra https://www.instagram.com/p/CESI3_gA9r4dqK-2lK50UWeBW_K6BUQ64BlcRw0/?igshid=1gqw09n4xhpqa

One of the coolest hikes I’ve done recently (besides the Narrows) was to Rainbow Falls in Devils Postpile National Monument. This 6 mile hike takes you past Devils Postpile, a formation of basalt, through some fields and forested areas to the 101 foot Rainbow Falls. It’s called Rainbow Falls because at certain points during the day you can see a rainbow in the falls. We were there too early in the day for this but it was still worth it to see the views. What is the best hike you’ve ever done? . . #devilspostpile #mammothlakes #mammothlakesca #devilspostpilenationalmonument #westcoastcure #nationalmonument #nationalparksystem #socalblogger #labloggerbabes #easternsierras #darlingplaces #athomeintheworld #prettylittletrips #speechlessplaces #wheretofindme #postcardplaces #wanderingtourist #traveltribe #globe_travel #travelingteacher #latinaswhotravel #girlstoptravel #girlspowertravel #shewhowanders #girlsabroad #thedreamytravels #girlpowertravel #damestravel #girlsvsglobe #gltlove (at Rainbow Falls, Mammoth Mountain) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDPCp2mAz6G/?igshid=12s8bgv1zwgc9

Devils Postpile National Monument is home to volcanic columnar basalt rock, which naturally chips away in hexagonal pieces due to its molecular structure. Imagine discovering this without knowing that and you can see how someone might have thought this was otherworldly! #nationalpark #nationalparks #nationalmonument #hiking #devilspostpilenationalmonument #devilspostpile #mammothlakes (at Devils Postpile National Monument) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzQUjApgFq-/?igshid=sq6prh3v3uw6

Rainbow Falls, Mammoth Mountain. Photo: Brittain #rainbowfallstrail #mammothlakes #devilspostpilenationalmonument #jgrantbrittainphotos

Devils Post Pile National Monument #pct2016 #backpacking #devilspostpilenationalmonument (at Devils Postpile)