Blogs from Bishop, California, United States, North America

We had a late start but we were on vacation so we didn’t care. We planned for our next stop to be Intake 2 in the Sierra’s, just west of Bishop. As we got ready to go we realized that we’d be driving by our favorite BBQ spot west of Memphis, the Copper Top in Big Pine. We decided that we’d eat a light breakfast then stuff of ribs and goodies from Schat’s in Bishop then head up the mountain. We ate our BBQ ribs and then pastries from Schats. An hour later we were parked in our campsite with only 2 other campers in the campground. The weather was actually warmer than we thought that it would be so we were able to walk from the campsite over to the lake. It was a nice ... read more

We have landed in California. Have logged 4000miles so far. Headed to Yosemite tomorrow. P.S. This is a picture of the Peeee Tree if you know whatI mean! We had been 100 so far and nothing for another 60 with NO ! Facilities :)... read more

Geo: 37.3667, -118.395Um 07.15 checken wir im Hard Rock Hotel per TV out, verlassen die Zimmer, trinken noch einen schnellen Kaffee, verstauen das Gepäck im Van und machen unsere Harley's ready to go. Um 08.00 Uhr sind wir am Mandarin Hotel am Strip, um einen Kollegen mit seiner Frau dort abzuholen, denn sie wollten dieses Ambiente geniessen. Dann heisst es noch die Tanks zu füllen und genügend Flüssigkeit mitzunehmen, damit wir diesbezüglich keine Probleme bekommen.Anschliessend fahren wir auf der 160 in Richtung Pagrump und wechseln dann auf die 190 in den Death Valley National Park (Details via Wikipedia). Waren die Temperaturen am Morgen angenehm, stiegen sie immer mehr an und dies war auf der Harley direkt spürbar. Vom Wetter her hatten wir einen eher bedeckten Tag, was dazu beitrug, dass es nicht ganz so heiss wurde, ... read more

Thursday, May 24th Started out at 9:30 after breakfast at the motel. Starting mileage was 26,772 skies blue and temperature was 60 degrees. We drove to the Inyo County Park campground and found a camp spot just outside of the town of Independence, which is the Inyo County Seat. One of the main reasons we were in this area was to do some genealogy research in the courthouse and the Eastern Sierra Nevada Museum. Our grandmother was born in this town and our grandparents were married here in 1891. We had visited with Dad in1999, but we felt because of time constraints we were unable to get everything looked at. Our plan was to spend a week digging in records, archives, etc. here in Independence and later in the nearby town of Bishop where our great-grandparents ... read more

I can't believe I am going to utter these words.....I am sunburnt! That is right mark your calender this doesn't happen often. We had a fantastic day! Theo and I cannot believe that we have never driven this route before. We made our way up to 9000' in elevation. The Sierra Nevadas are the most spectacular mountain range I have seen (I have seen quite a few). We started off with a stop to Twin Lakes where my mom used to go as a child. The upper end was very busy and the lower end was very quaint. The water of course was ice cold. We left there and headed to Bodie State Park. The road into Bodie was a winding 13 mile treak with the last 3 being dirt road. Once we got there the ... read more