Even up here, you gotta read the signs

I love the sign as you leave the Inyo National Forest on the way to Mendel Glacier: Entering Kings Canyon National Park, Lamarck Col, Pets and Firearms Prohibited.

You've just climbed 3,400 feet from North Lake -- off trail for a good portion of it. You've cleared the snowfield just below the col. Now there's a sign waiting for you, like you're merging with Interstate 5 at the Grapevine.

And they're warning you not to bring your bazooka or your Doberman into the park? If you could haul your pet and your weapon up that far, then this sign is for you. If you're like 99% of the rest of the world, it really doesn't apply.

By the way, that's Mendel Glacier in the background. See what I mean about dirty, little glacier? It's kinda filthy with fallen granite. It's really kinda little.