http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Bishop/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , California , Bishop en-us Tue, 08 Dec 09 14:22:48 +0000 Tue, 08 Dec 09 14:22:48 +0000 We're well on our way fueled by uncooked rice and lentils stale bread bland oats and warm salty water. We've made it to our first shelter and real food in a week James and Susan are wonderful hosts and their home has so much character and their yard is beautiful and it's all set in between the white mountains and the sierras. The stars swallowed us up last night there were so many The milky http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Bishop/blog-404637.html Encore quelques photos...et une nouvelle importante la mgaperf de Flo qui s'envoie un 6c vue sur une dalle microrglettes disons gros Flash puisque Niko lui souffle quelques conseils et Niko qui va voir un mdecin du sport ricain qui mervilleux toubib lui conseille de continuer grimper et de muscler avec des lastocs les pronateurs de ces avantbras...a va dj mieux...Nous somme http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Bishop/blog-404043.html Bishop Campground18102002.It039s early morning and downhill now mile after mile is disappearing under the tyres of my bike while I look around me enjoying the vistas of Owen039s Valley at one side down in the valley and the White Mountains behind me. Sht I wish I could turn my head a full hundert degrees the way owls can so I could take in even more of this natural beauty.I039ve to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Bishop/blog-344802.html Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest17102002.I cycle back the few short miles to Lone Pine for breakfast with a gusty wind in my face myself and all my gear covered in whiteyellowish alkali sand a leftover from my camping place last night my ears still ringing with the coyote howls that circled my tent all night and the saddle of my bike slowly giving up on me I039ve to remember to buy a ne http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Bishop/blog-344483.html North of Lone Pine16102002. I wake up well before sunup rolling up my sleeping bag getting my things together and quickly cycling north away from the massive Edward Airforce Base.These blokes were a bit too busy to my liking most of the night driving jeeps around with huge lamps beaming in all directions. I actually got a bit scared they were aware of my presence and on the lookout for me http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Bishop/blog-344112.html Apple Valley 15102002 early morning.Strange red lights in the sky you say I hope you didn039t make photos of them. I039m inside the tiny police station of Apple Valley a small typical american city with broad streets and low houses that have big gardens in front of them.No I did not make photos of these red light I tell the blond female police officer who is on reception duty h http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Bishop/blog-343679.html With our gear selection limited as well as our patience with the crowds we decide to pack it in and head back down to Bishop where we had already stopped briefly before heading into Yosemite. We got back into town early enough in the day to stop at the local outfitters East Side Sports and unlike every other shop we visited there was a combination of great service great selection and reasona http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Bishop/blog-332849.html This weekend we're off for a terrific road trip. Three days leaving Bakersfield CA on Saturday and on to see the Bristlecone Pines at the base of Mt. Whitney Manzanar and on to Mammoth in the mountains on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountains. We'll be posting along the way.Adventureduo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Bishop/blog-329189.html Earlier this summer I decided with my lady friend that we would spend the week following camp on vacation.During the Staff Party she wanted to make sure that I wasn't going to be too hungover the next day to go on our excursion.On Monday I was too hungover to travel.But I'm a seasoned traveler so moving whilst in pain comes as second nature to me.On Monday evening we headed to the Eastern Sierra http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Bishop/blog-193211.html On July 13th two coworkers and I ascended the 14 496ft. Mt. Whitney the tallest peak in the lower 48 states. Eric Leaf Jesse Goddman and I spent the night in the lower Alabama Hills before beginning our trek from the trailhead at 5am following the 7milelong Mountaineers Route we summited at 10 o'clock. The actual Mt. Whitney trail is a 13milelong series of switchbacks. We opted for the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Bishop/blog-182466.html Well today we left Vegas after a full week there which was really kinda sad. Toni and I had to pick up our hire car from Paris hotel so once we'd done that Mazda 5 6 seater blue with a moonroof yes moonroof not a sunroof we headed off by about 9.30. JJ and SD were in their own car and TI in ours. We are basically going to be following the others for the next 8 days or so. We only http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Bishop/blog-165803.html I am now officially a graduate of Colorado State University and it feels great My next four months will be spent in the wilderness working for the California Department of Fish and Game in a research survey and restoration project for the Mountain Yellow Legged Frog population of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. Directly after my graduation I participated in an 80 hour Wilderness First Responde http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Bishop/blog-165675.html Day 33 8211 Friday 8211 Bishop California Well it was some sadness that we said goodbye to Las Vegas this morning and headed through Death Valley and to Bishop where we're spending the night. We now includes two more...John Jen Dean I are still in our car but Kate my best friend and one of her friendsprevious travel buddies Toni joined us in Vegas and will be with us for the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Bishop/blog-164731.html We hit the road leaving Tahoe behind and headed to the next destination. Bishop CAlifornia. Just past Yosemite and West of Death Valley. We took our time on the 4 hour drive. We stopped and had lunch took some pictures of Mono Lake walked around Lee Vining...then we hit Bishop. A cool little town a nice Main Street with a lot of shops. We drove from beginning to end in about a minute and http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Bishop/blog-103436.html just checked into a Bates motel in California after driving throught he most striking place I've ever seen in Death Valley...travelling with what I'm sure will turn out to be lifelong friends in MAtt Tim Gemma and Caroline..they're Rock and Roll...Vegas Baby We partied again till the small hours at a slower pace than the night before..even managed to get Moocha out even if it was his honeymoo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Bishop/blog-99637.html Haha...so it's confirmed. I am definitely crazy. Mt. Whitney kicked my out of shape self into reality. I am no longer fit or probably sane to be walking up mountains. Especially with winds blowing a billion miles an hour okay well enough for the wind to pick up about 20 rocks and myself in my tent at Trail Camp. For those who are thinking about this little trek keep in mind that Trail Camp http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Bishop/blog-66645.html However driving a huge motor home through the steep busy and crazy roads of San Fransico attracted some funny looks off some funny looking characters. John did great though and got us to a motel near the airport where we showered for the first time in a week The next day we drove into downtown but the lack of parking mixed with the dodgey characters literally everywhere really put us off the to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Bishop/blog-58479.html Today we woke some of us a little under the weather but none more so than Kel who had to puke quite a few times before we left and twice while we were driving once we had to stop for her and the other time when we stopped at a gas station. Today was to be one of the hottest days I had ever experienced. We drove into Death Valley the lowest and hottest part of the Western Hemisphere. The t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Bishop/blog-22413.html Hello everybody first of all thanks for all your comments and emails wishing us a speedy recovery they have been very much appreciated. We are getting better by the day whoever stole my marbles has returned them pretty much as they were the only changes are that I have a much clearer head none of the old junk in there at the moment and I have a tendency to hiccup now hopefully that one wi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Bishop/blog-22395.html Here's the one you've all been waiting for...180905 Bishop CAWe set off early as we had a long distance to cover made good progress reaching Coaldale by 11 am our biker friend was correct it is nothing but derelict buildings the main reason it gets a mention on maps is because it is at the junction of Highway 6 and Highway 95. We turned onto the 6 and continued on our way. We had planned to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Bishop/blog-21137.html