The "Dirtbear" decided based on my weather observations on the NOAA site that the Owens Valley might be cracking with some great weather for making images, this weekend. I left the house in Long Beach, Caly about 11 a.m. . First stop for gas and "pass" was Mojabe about half way to my final destination. The skies were full of clouds, some of the lenticular variety, the afternoon was shaping up to be promising. When I reached the Coso Jct area the skies were still well populated and the Cinder Cone by Cinder road was inviting me to stop and break out my camera. There was a little ephemeral lake behind the Volcano, which I figured would be dry