Woke up and it was snowing in Alabama Hills, with no visibility around us. After scrambling around the area, we got breakfast and talked about what to do. Sparkles wasn't really prepared for the cold, so we decided to drive around. I showed her the U2 Joshua Tree. Still pretty cool even on my 5th trip there. Then we saw a peak that looked hikable, so we chacked it out for future hiking. We got close but it was still a long walk to get to the start. We stopped at White Swan Talc Mine, and walked thru the tunnels, and found newspapers that dated back to 1956. One even had an article about a school in Redondo Beach that was being built. It was Aviation High, 1 block from our condo in Hawthorne! Sparkles had not been to any cabins, so we visited the Buckhorn Box Cabin. Then we drove to Darwin and up to the mine. Then thru the town, and thru Darwin Hills. We stopped at Miller Spring, then China Garden to see the pond with koi in it. It was windy and cold out, but a great day to do what we did. (wk 166, day 3)