20 miles North of Lone Pine is Independence. Independence is the County seat for Inyo County. My trip to Lone Pine also took us into a small area of secluded cabins just west of Independence. These cabins are owned by the US Government and are leased to people on a 20 year lease basis. The area these cabins are situated is in a small woodland with a small creek running through it. It's a very quiet and tranquil area and while we photographed it we even had a visit from some inquisitive deer. This little creek was just beautiful and we spent almost 2 hours wandering around trying for that good photograph. The leaves on the trees had turned a wonderful golden brown color and were falling as we walked around. I wandered a bit more upstream from the rest of the group and found this area where a couple of small streams flowed into the creek. I thought it made for the perfect photograph.