Wednesday - Today was a good day, and I think it was "incident-free." We had a plan -- breakfast at Peggy Sue's 50s Diner which was just up the road about a mile. Before we left though, Joe presented David with a new tool which he called a key, since he has to use a screwdriver to get his car out of Park.
.Peggy Sue's lived up to its reputation, breakfast was very good, and Elvis, Marilyn, James Dean and other stars were represented. The waitresses also dressed in period costume uniforms.
I had one surprise in the restroom. For some reason, they had a replica of a man using a urinal in the women's restroom. In fact, when I saw it, I looked around wondering if I had entered the wrong one. Then another lady came out of one of the stalls, so I was reassured. She said she had gone out and checked the sign on the door when she came in. Just not sure of the significance of this one.
Next on our agenda was a tour of the Calico Ghost Town, one of the few remaining original mining towns of the Western United States. It was the best we have seen of these, for number of buildings and for the condition of the buildings. We spent a little over an hour here, wandering through the old exhibits and checking out the shops.
The only wildlife we saw today was a roadrunner on our way to this mine. From the mine, we returned to our RVs and got ready to hit the road, which we did about 10:45. We had to fuel so that was the next stop. There was a Shell station just off I-15 with gas for $3.85. Just around the corner was a Food for Less with gas for $2.79. Fortunately, we figured this out before we pulled into the Shell station. Then we really began our drive, on Highway 58 from Barstow to Mohave, then Highway 14 to U.S. 395 to Bishop. On part of this section, a part heavily traveled by trucks, the center double line was a double-double. Joe and I thought this was a good idea and should be that way on all two-lane highways.
Although most of this drive was marked "scenic," it really didn't get scenic until we turned north onto 395. There were a lot of different views to absorb, lots of different colors in the mountains.
We made a couple pit stops and I even collected a few rocks.
We drove past several miles of white flats. I think they were salt flats but it could have just been sand. Will try to check that out at the visitor center tomorrow. Death Valley National Park is way off in this direction, and there are a lot of salt flats there, so I'm just guessing this is the same type of thing.
We saw some real blue lakes occasionally, very pretty.
But what was really exciting was the snow-capped Eastern Sierras!!! Hard to believe we are driving in 95 degree heat, looking at all this snow right beside us.
The mountains were picture postcard perfect! We saw several hikers in the town of Lone Pine, and we assumed they had just got back from hiking these mountains. As we came through Big Pine, there was a very pretty Sock Cap welcoming us to town. It says Mammoth on it, which I guess represents either Mammoth Lakes or Mammoth Mountain, both of which are in the area. It was quite pretty, whatever it represents!
We didn't take any of the drives back to the mountains, which Joe regrets. We drove all the way to Bishop, 245 miles, and arrived about 4:15. We are camped right behind the world famous Schat's Bakkery, which I intend to check out in the morning. Dorothy Hadler had told me about this bakery, so I was watching for it.
After we got settled, Joe and I went shopping, had dinner, then drove through town and out to a county park campground just out of town. Joe is the only person I know who can drive all day, then want to "go for a drive." But we are both ready to call it a night. We are spending 2 nights here so we can do a little exploring tomorrow.
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