Road Trip Part 1

Well we made it... home from Michigan safely, we packed the hubbard street house into the basement, parked the car and the trailer in their spots for the month, gathered the last bits of important paperwork... tried to think of something we forgot and we headed out to cali!!!

The road out of Salt Lake City was amazing, the snow capped mountains in the middle of the lake, a beautiful sunset and great weather for driving... we felt blessed. We spent the first night near a river in Battle Mountain, NV, sleeping in the van. The next morning we made our way to Trukee, Cali, a cute town near the highway with a lot of national forest near by. John went to his conference at a research center in the tahoe national forest and Elie spent some time alone with the Mason exploring the forest skiing and because there is very little snow... running!!!! Yes, the sierra mountains are in need of a little snow but we are enjoying the 40-60 degree sunny days until the snow falls!!!

After the conference we hit the road for Bishop, CA on the east side of the sierra. Another beautiful drive following the tall peaks of the Sierra range. The drive was dry and our talk of skiing turned into ideas about climbing and hiking!! We arrived at our friends' (Jeff and Sarah) house in time for a beautiful sunset over looking Mt Tom and the Bishop Valley. Despite our worries that there was no snow Jeff and Sarah took us out on a great backcountry tour near Mammoth Ski Area, I am endlessly amazed by the mountains in this area, they are breathtaking. Jeff and Sarah went back to work and we enjoyed some of the trails near their house in shorts!!! (another warm day) The afternoon was spent with the house doors open doing some yoga on the deck and some bouldering in the afternoon on some of the world class boulders here in bishop. The trip has been fun and it is just the beginning!!