Travelodge Mammoth Lakes

... After leaving the lake we headed a mile down the road to the Panum Crater which was formed around 650 years ago by a volcano. We (Kathryn) decided to walk around the crater (click for clip), I wasn't too keen on the idea as it looked way to big to entertain but now I'm married I need to do as I'm told (well I need to appear that I am). The walk wasn't as bad as I thought, it was only a mile or so, but the ...

... not into bird-watching) as they feed on the flies. The water levels used to be about 45 feet higher than they currently are, which I found really amazing, as this “old” water level was only as recent as 1941! So much of the water has been diverted out of the lake! I think the difference in the water levels works out to be about 0.5miles walking distance from the old water level to the new water level. So we would definitely have had to ...

... to pay more attention to road signs and quickly noticed that almost all signs had at least 2 bullet holes in them, most were plastered with holes. I apologise to Kathryn for saying 'that sign's been shot' to every one I saw for 2 hours or more, I also think the camera clicking as I started taking pictures got on her nerves.

After driving for about 8 hours and 350 miles (the last part of which, in Nevada, was lots and lots of ...

... features of being environmental friendly. It contributes to the goodness of the world, a green world is much easier; can lead us to fast growing improved economy and a better future. Many people will benefit from it especially those who are suffering from respiratory ailments. It can save us thousands on fuel cost, this is reasonable enough to continue producing electric cars, with the world's economy ...

Well, the website is finally up and I am about half done with my packing.  I thought that would be a REALLY big job so I have been stressed out all day, but as it turns out you can just bring half the house with you when you have a 40-footer so you don't actually have to pick and choose what to take!  Tomorrow is my last day at work and then on ...

... and feeling better about things , i calle dup to request a sign up sheet . i made copies and took it to sell it to my friends . most of them knew that i wanted to go to hawaii forever since i never shut up about it . it wasn;t too hard to sell my friends on the idea afterall it was "hawaii"' unfortunately it wasn't as easy to convince their parents . . i only got five of my friends to go . they said even if i only got five ...

... and redwoods. Of course, had to see Henry Cowell campgrounds..the most beautiful campgrounds to me since they are in the middle of the tall TALL TALL MIGHTY California redwoods. Also stopped at the Santa Cruz boardwalk, of course, and then on to Monterey. Spent the night in Monterey and roamed around the "Cannery Row" area ...

... tipping!!! Luce went swimming, trying to get home via the Pacific, but that didnt work for us....oh well, there's only a week to go. Peter obviously missing home (he hasnt forgotten anything in a couple of days!!). Last night at host families, so home to pack for relocation to Chino, which we've heard a bit about........cows, country, smell (just like home says Rhonda). The Team

... england anyway" - which MJ took to mean the floods in Hull etc..but they meant the terrorist stuff. The US news is full of it and the americans imagine that the Brits are suffering under some blitz-type environment at the moment. We left them and went to another lake with a waterfall at one end that we'd visited last time we were here - there was a slight breeze and the whole place was delightful - we'd definately put Mammoth in our top 10 US places to visit.

... fun stuff...The Mazda 3 we rented has an automatic sport drive transmission (can be shifted manually), this gives me the option of up and down shifting as I enter and exit corners. Sweet! The Mazda 3 was able to handle the corners surprisingly well, lucky for me it only has 148 ponies, so I couldn't get into to much trouble. With much regret, tomorrow, we leave the curvy roads and head to the coast to visit some castle. It was fun while it lasted.