Bishop Creek: Close, But No Cigar
The American idiom, “Close, but no cigar,” came from the mid-20th-century practice of fairground stalls awarding cigars to carnival game winners. If you just missed – which often happened – the barker would tell you, “Close, but no cigar.” Well, that’s sorta happening up Bishop Creek in Inyo County. Quaking aspen are close to peaking, […]