Mammoth Mountain Inn

After a terrific breakfast in Davis with John and Jana, we were headed south to Mammoth Mountain.  The drive was beautiful. John suggested we take 395 south and we definitely weren't disappointed.  Lots of gorgeous run off lakes and snow capped ...

... google map yelling last minute directions e.g. "get off at the exit that we just went passed" (very helpful). The drive to Mammoth involved a lot of very very very long straight roads and no towns or gas (thankfully we were maintaining near full tanks ...

... smell of the pine trees, the orange of their trunks in the afternoon sun, and the long shadows, give a special atmosphere to the mountain.  The vast views of the plains and the mountains in the far distance are welcoming.  The roasting hot sun, ...

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I lived in a dormitory they call MMI, or Mammoth Mountain Inn. It sucked. There were 2 of us girls living in a box. The girl they chose to suit me the best as a roommate is a girl named Vera Elektra Eppard. We are very different, and at first I thought it ...

I'm staying at the Mammoth Mountain Inn and I have one room mate named Forest. He is a ex-marine from Washington state. He is a fellow crane operator but operates anything like me. Its good to have another vet to room with because they respect eachothers ...

... a mile-long pedestrian promenade that is lined with outdoor cafes and flower baskets. Down every street there are mountain views. The mountain panorama visible from Denver is 120 miles long and includes nearly 200 named peaks. Downtown Denver is home to ...

... the kids.  We are turning in early tonight, so that we can get an early start on our trip to Rapid City.  we are making a pit stop at devil's Tower, which is the mountain made famous in "Close encounters of the Third Kind".  More ...

... ;In fact, today was definitely our happiest day in several weeks.  :D   *** First we went on a really nice (long) mountain bike ride today on the Deschutes River Trail.  We are estimating 12 miles or so, which is certainly a record for ...

... ? The sign going into down town reads "Howdy Folks." And I guess it is a "howdy" type of town. We stayed at the Table Mountain Inn. It is quite old, but does have some amenities. All rooms come with a refrigerator. Beds are fluffy and soft with lots of ...

... and it is as if these mega mountains are floating on the mist. The backside of Kala Pattar drops off very abruptly and a mammoth mountain rises very close, towering far above. It is a truly humbling experience standing before this giant. This is what we ...

... - road cluttered with animals blatantantly disregarding  common jaywalking courtesy.  Lovely area to drive through.  Took Iron Mountain Highway with its one way tunnels to Mt. Rushmore.  Famed tunnel framing Mt. Rushmore gave us a ...

... been 6 feet deep and the digital road sign was advising only vehicles with chains on their tyres for the other side of the mountain. Oh dear. Well as no-one else had chains on we decided to plod on down the other side. We succeeded and ...

... 5km north, and after a spot of noodle soup for breakfast we went on a jungle trek up Gunung Brinchang the second highest mountain in peninsula Malaysia, 6666ft high numbers fans. The trek took us just a couple of hours but at the summit we were treated ...

... GOT TO RIDE ONE MORE TIME! ANOTHER DESIRE OF MY HEART ANSWERED! THANK YOU, FATHER! THEN LATER THAT AFTERNOON, WE WENT TO GUN TOWN MOUNTAIN. WE RODE THE INCLINE UP THE MOUNTAIN. I HAD AN ICE CREAM AT THE SALOON. WE SAW A COMEDY ACT AND A CAN CAN ...

... . Again not the peace or tranquillity we had in mind but it still was a pretty amazing sunrise. We descended the mountain sharply, amazed that the people walking up it ranging from toddlers barely walking to wizened individuals that look like they should ...

... As we drove through and out of the park we had one last stop to make, Jackson Lake and the Grand Tetons - a stunning mountain range standing at approximately 14000 feet. The scenery was in keeping with the last couple of days, amazing sights, jaw dropping ...

... dark and very wet and we were all wishing we hadn't taken the 'picturesque' option as the road winded through precarious mountain passes. After what seemed hours on the road with windscreen wipers at top speed we eventually hit State Highway 1 and ...

... setting but the views from the top of the Inyo mountains, east back across Death Valley and west blocked by the Sierra Nevada mountain range running north to south were really something. We came back down from the mountains and re-joined the I-395 north ...