A bunch of old guys still enjoying the mountains, and the training they need to do to get off the couch
Friday, March 26, 2010
Driving to the East Side!
After saying goodbye to Mark and Liz I headed off to Bishop. A quick check on my iPhone revealed that the next week's weather was going to be awesome ... I was psyched. Heading toward Spooner Pass the sunset was spectacular, however by 10 PM when I was falling asleep at the wheel, I pulled off at a closed campsite north of Bridgeport. The elevation was over 7000', the temperature dropped into the low 20s, and too tired to set up the mega-mid or get out my warm clothes out, I froze my buns off. However, the next morning I had some tea at a gas station, and I had the Travertine Hot Springs all to myself. I set up my mega-mid just outside Bishop, at the climber's campground in Pleasant Valley. With the tent up, my pile clothing on, and a drop of several thousand feet in elevation ... I was toasty warm!