Woke up to a
fresh covering of snow this morning. Luckily our little RV
seems to handle the snowy and icy roads well. We packed up early and headed
back to Mount Charleston Lodge for breakfast. There’s a ski slope just a few
miles past the lodge, so most of the hotel guests were all dressed up ready for
a day on the slopes (we felt a little envious!). As it was still early, the
road down from the mountain was still pretty snowy, we past a few snow ploughs
on the way (both going in the other direction!). We saw a couple of cars that
had skidded off of the road on our way down. We were very thankful for our
hardy little RV!
Once we were off the mountain the weather changed dramatically
– it was beautiful sunshine and clear tarmac roads the rest of the way.
Past a few
interesting places today, including area 51, the signs on the interstate read
“This road is patrolled by aircraft”, although we didn’t see any, we did see a
very suspicious black car speeding down the one road leading into the desert. I
don’t care what you say; something very odd is going on there! We’ve past
fields on cacti all day but still not seen a stereotypical cartoon cactus.
Big day of driving, we covered about 300 miles and decided to rest for the night in a small town called Big Pine. After the last few nights of minus temperatures, it’s funny to actually be staying in a place where you don’t need to wear base layers, hats and gloves just to top up the van with gas!
We went out for the night in the small town...there’s only one bar in town Rosi’s Cocktail Lounge, Steak and Spaghetti Restaurant. So we headed there for a bite to eat and a few drinks.
Tomorrow morning, we head to Yosemite.
