05/10/2006 Bishop Ca.

Hello again friends, I'm tapping away at a PC in a place called the Looney Bean in Bishop, California. I've stopped here to do some laundry so I thought I grab a coffee while I wait. The trip to Mammoth Lakes was spectacular, up around 9000ft, through barren rocky mountains..it was eerie, scary and breathtaking. Mammoth Lakes is a Ski town and I stayed at the Mountain Inn. Beautiful hotel with lots of rock and wood inside, Elk Antler chandeliers...and a open fire. Very cold up there and so I repaired to the bar and made myself comfortable, drinking Flat Tyre beer and chatting to Mike, the barman. I spent a couple of hours there with Mike and his buddy Nate. Good guys. Got a couple of free shots of a thing called an Oatmeal Cookie. Beautiful. Also, had me a 7 & 7, in honour of BS2G. (Don't worry, he'll know what that means). Anyway, staggered off to bed with the promise of snow some time throughout the night. I asked the front desk to call me as soon as the snow started falling....sadly it didn't but I woke to a beautiful day on the mountain and begun my drive to Death Valley. I'll update more later. Love to you all. M