Bishop

Today started out with some sad news. P has decided to go home due to a digestive bug he has been trying to get rid of for the past few weeks that he has not been able to shake. AH and I were bummed to see him go but completely understood because we have seen him lose a bunch of weight over the course of our journey together. After we got over this news we all went to Denny’s and ate our little hearts outs. After that AH and I wandered around downtown Bishop and looked around the various outdoor gear shops they had. I got some new snow gators and water filter. I used some serious self restraint and stopped myself from adding yet another buff to my collection.

We stopped by the ranger station to find out if they knew anything about the conditions between Kearsarge and our next stop of Vermillion Valley Resort (VVR). The rangers did not know much but were very supportive and not the negative Nancys we have been encountering. They heard that we had already made it over Forester and Kearsarge (not to mention Whitney) from Kennedy Meadows and they acknowledged our ability to handle the snowy conditions.

After dropping off our new acquisitions we went to the grocery store again and purchased some extra food for our next leg in the Sierras. Naturally I got way too much and had trouble fitting everything into my pack. Again.

The movie theater in Bishop had just started playing Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Men Tell No Tales and Wonder Woman. I was dead set on seeing Pirates but AH and P could not decide between the two so we saw both. Back to back. Pirates was hands down way better in my opinion. I was so happy when it ended. Oh my. So good. In between the showings we walked to the McD’s that was down the street and AH got 2-4 burgers I do not remember exactly. After the movies we were all pretty tired so we went back to the motel and got ready for bed.