Comfort Inn Bishop

... to jackson to pick up his sweetheart and drive her to Missouri, Elisa and Andy went to South Lake tahoe, Elisa has work there and Andy is now headed for the Shasta, as for Heather and i, we are just gouing to drive around, see what the road brings us!

After 3 weeks with the kids we are heading back home. Our 1st stop was Yosemite National Park. We only had about 5 hrs to take it in but what we saw was breathtaking. The granite rocks are mostly flat and straight up. We were able to see Glacier Point, Bridal Veil, El Capitan and Tunnel View. As we were leaving the Park via the Tioga Pass we got a great view at Olmstead Point of clouds resting in the Miountains.
Next stop....Las Vegas,baby.

... between then and when we met them. They are also planning to be in Nepal the same time as us so we're thinking of joining our team up with them to do the Annapurna Circuit with them. Also a strange coincidence: Lindsey's middle name is Megan and as a child, she always thought she was more a Megan than a Lindsey. Lindsey ...

... jumping and musical tires is always fun too.







Here's a picture of a mule actually mugwumped over a jump - I have never seen that at a horse show and I am guessing I never will again, either!  Ahh, mules.  :)



Well, only another 364 day to go until the next show.  I wait all ...

... figured we had a couple of climbs in us and so we headed down to the China Wall in the gorge. I led one route, Tim led another and then we were waffling as to whether we should leave or not. Tim said he would lead on more route and so we jumped on what we thought was a 5.8. After a lot of struggling, cursing and falling, Tim made it up to to the top of the climb, only to come down and have some other climbers ...

... is more of a US small town than the Alaskan small town..more big trucks, lots of Mexican restaurants - actually a peliphera of restaurants and hotels in general as it is touristy and easily reached by car..and the weather is bomber all year around!! There is a lot of stuff to do around here as well -not only the bouldering that is worldclass but also the sport climbing areas as well as several nearby trad ...

Day 9: A3 C14 odometer reading 6504 miles Rusty 1200Rt reading 27977 miles Well,what I believe is the worst thing that could happen - happened today. Because of what happened with my electrical gear yesterday (camera battery charger, etc) I elected to dispose of the 1 gallon gas container, but before doing so we had to consume the gallong of gas it contained; so I poured it into my tank. As we departed the El Dorado we stopped to fill up our tanks ...

I finally made it to Tahoe! Seeing Sarah and Leslie and Jen again was so great! Leslie and Dane were so good and accomodating to me, picking me up, feeding, boozing and teaching me how to play black jack. And Leslie, taking me on the slopes for my first attempt at snowboarding...you are a good woman with infinate patience for my constant apologies and getting ***** on ...

... like she does around minor celebrities. I, however was asked the time by the lady who played the blond one opposite Elvis in Blue Hawaii - much more impressive (quarter to one by the way). Phew - that's Vegas for you! Next up Death Valley via Ash meadows to see the elusive Pup fish (easy to see in the spring but you'd lose them under your chips) and Ryholite Ghost town (nice bottle house and spooky sculptures). We survived the valley of death (obviously ...