Sunday, September 30, 2012

Bodie, CA 2012


After leaving Mammoth, we took a tiny but treacherous detour to see a famous ghost town called Bodie.

Hauling a 31 ft. trailer is simple on paved roads, but as we were several miles from Bodie, the road turned to dirt. I mean..divots, rocks, welts, sand and wining thin roads.

Not fun.

We had to go at a snails pace, sometimes only 5 miles an hour. The car and the trailer would rock and roll and bounce like mad.

I must have had every single muscle clinched while praying that no tire on our car or the trailer would pop - because we were in the middle OF NO WHERE!!!

2 dogs in the car, minimal water, no food and I'd envisioned the worst case scenario.

FINALLY - I could see Bodie....but we still had to venture another half mile in the dirt and rocky road.

Ugh!

It was a warm 75 degrees and much cooler in the shade. One of our dogs, Calvin (a boarder terrier) has a very heavy coat and he gets very hot very quickly. I had so much sympathy for him that I sought refuge in as much shade as I could while my husband Bob spent hours shooting with glee, as he was in photography heaven.

This is what I captured:



















Oh dear...it looks like some of the pics came out two-toned. I have no idea why. Oh well...

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Saturday, September 29, 2012

Mammoth ~ 2012

Vacation time!

This year we took off to Mammoth for 3 days and tomorrow morning we leave for Lake Tahoe for 7 days. 





 The two pictures above are on the way up to Mammoth. Red Rock, something or other. Sorry - don't remember the name but it is beautiful.














It's truly exquisite here. The air is crisp and clear - heck it should be, we're up 9000 feet! 

It was warm in the day and it got pretty cold at night. Our campground warns everyone of bears, so taking our two dogs was a treat at night when they had to 'go out'. Trust me, I didn't venture far!

It's obviously "off season" as far as skiing goes, so it was special to see this place in it's glory.

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