Bishop

I burnt a few days in Bishop waiting out the snow. We started it off with some amazing Bbq. I got the pulled pork sandwhich and Seven went with the burnt ends. Overall this place was fire.

Seven and I then hit the dispensary and some grocery stores. We drove a few more miles and stopped at the hot springs with Stealthy, Trash Panda, Doc Habanero and Coffee Break for a soak. It was raining out and the water temps were the perfect remedy after a week of hard hiking.

As it got dark Seven and I looked for a hotel, pouring out we didn’t want to pitch tents and deal with that hassle. Instead we wanted to shower and do laundry before going to bed. We grabbed a room at the Travel Lodge, now with laundry done and us now clean it was time for some tv and bed.

The next morning we wake up, eat breakfast and drive to Vons to met the others to find out they want to go bouldering at Buttermilk Boulders.

Vons Apple index was fairly excessive for organic but regular apples were reasonable.

After meeting the guys, and getting the game plan we headed over to the 1903 pub to grab brunch before heading to Buttermilk Boulders to do some climbing. I grabbed a bacon grilled cheese and Mac and cheese. Trash Panda is fairly experienced in climbing so he’s going to set us up with everything for the day.

We drive the rough dirt road to Buttermilk Boulders and it’s absolutely pristine. The boulders look amazing and there’s some awesome trails in the area. We spend the day bouldering, drinking beers, burning a few Js and doing something totally different than we are use to.

After we leave Buttermilk we head back to the Keough hot springs and soak our muscles. As we’re doing that Wind, Uglystick and Dallas text us. They want to go get Thai food at Thai Thai. I tell them we will pick them up at 6:30 and head over.

Thai Thai was at the Bishop airport, the lot of us grabs a big booth and enjoys a nice dinner together. We talk about Uglystick and Winds plans to keep going into the sierras. They are the first two hikers to start getting through in the snow. I met Uglystick at McDonald’s in El Cajon pass, he hooked me up with the house in Wrightwood. I met and had dinner with Wind in Wrightwood for 2$ taco Tuesday. On trail I haven’t seen them since then, they’ve been doing 35 mile days. That’s too much for me to keep up with.

After Thai food we head back to the hotel and chill for the night. Tomorrow Seven and I leave California for a side quest. I’ll be dropping him off at the airport after to go home, but I’ll be back at Kennedy Meadows in a week to smash my own journey through the sierras.