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Hunting for bears
... through the forest in the heat, we discovered that the water dries up in the summer and it's just a rock face, disappointing but still pretty impressive! We got back to the car and were pleased to find the bears hadn't found our stash of snacks we had hidden in the boot of the car! We then headed off on the long drive to Mammoth Lakes. More spectacular views as we watched the landscape change from mountains to meadows and lakes. We found ...
Lee Vining & Bodie Ghost Town
... from other visitors (which is reasonable easy to do if you keep to the outskirts of the remaining buildings) it has an eerie feel to it and you have a concept of what it might have been like in the 1875 when the first major gold was found, The rangers live in semi-restored houses and I couldn't decide whether I would want to be one or not. I would have liked to live in the valley but I think I would have wanted one of ...
To ski or not to ski?
... will he learn that he's 53, not 13?) Amazingly, the hospital didn't ask us to present a credit card before they treated him and, in fact, we haven't had to pay anything...yet. We're still waiting for a bill, then we can make a claim on our BMC travel insurance - hopefully, they'll cover it, because it'll probably come to about $2000!
The bad news about our lift tickets ...
Feeling Hot! Hot! Hot!
... to form the ultimate soup. That is followed by pickled beef tongue, pickled tomatoes, and a salad. We had ordered two entrees to split: oxtail stew and grilled lamb chops. The entrees were delivered with bowls of rice pilaf, corn, french fries, and spaghetti with a meat sauce. Needless to say, it was quite a dining experience. The kids tried everything, and everyone decided the oxtail stew was the hit of the night. Now, back to the actual travel blog. We left Las ...
The Edge of Yosemite
... and got our first glimpse of the desert. We rolled along mountains and hills devoid of trees and the ground was scattered with low sage-colored bushes and desert brush. Down the road we were deposited onto the Great Basin of Nevada and what was probably my favorite drive of the trip so far. The land was a series of long ridges surrounding huge flat valleys and the road was ruler straight. There was very little traffic and it was easy to speed along ...