Back in car and we headed north again on the 395. We stopped off in Mammoth to check out the winter resort town. We took a scenic loop drive and pulled off to do a short hike. The snow was even deeper up in Mammoth and Miles was lovin' it. He ran and frolicked like a young pup...arthritis...what arthritis :)
It really looked like a winter wonderland with the snow on the tree branches. We drove up to the slopes and watched the skiers and snowboarders for a bit and decided we should stick with the sports we know best and that don't require mucho $$ and opted to go for a hike.
Convict Lake
We worked up quite an appetite hiking and had our turkey day dinner at Whiskey Creek on the main drag in downtown Bishop.
Day Three:
Now we couldn't drive all the way to Bishop and not go climbing!?! Friday we drove out to the Owen's River Gorge/Sherwin Plateau. It was a good 30 minute drive on dirt roads, which John loved b/c he got to use 4 wd again. The directions in the guide book were a little hairy and after several turnarounds and scouting looks we finally found the climbing spot.
Not long after we started climbing another group came up. We got to talking to them and they were also from San Diego (not too much of a surprise) and after talking some more, one of the girls recognized Miles and said I think you're my neighbors. Sure enough....we drive 6 hours away from San Diego and we run into the girl that just moved in across the street from us. Small world! Another great sunset followed by a stop at the cured meat store for some meat/cheese made for a good end to day three.
Sunset looking North towards Lake Crowley which feeds the Owen River Gorge
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Ya'll do such cool things...glad you had fun over the holidays!!
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