“The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land.” – G. K. Chesterton

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Day 16 Vegas to Mammoth Lake

Start Miles 9406
End Miles 9881
Total Miles 475

We went to Hoover Dam, even though it was out of our way because that's just what you do out there. It's huge. What we noticed in the whole area surrounding Vegas is that they have the worst drivers in the world, please see the Vegas post. We got out in one piece and that's all that matters. We detoured through Death Valley, so see that post as well.

In Death Valley, we saw 100 degrees and by the time we got to Snowcreek Resort in Mammoth Lakes, CA, it was about 34. That's a 66 degree temperature change in a matter of a couple of hours. Once we got out of the vehicle, Tika was nothing but a hyper monkey running around in the grass and fresh air.

Thank you SO much to John and Natalie for letting us used their condo up here, its amazing. It great to have the fresh air and something larger than a mini cabin or hotel room. We're here for three nights, so its also nice to stay some place more than two nights. A kitchen right now is key, it gets old eating out at times, so we had a nice pasta dinner with garlic bread and La Crema! Yum. Since we got in late, ate dinner really late, we went to bed really late.

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