Dear Friends,

We arrived safely in Bishop today. Boy is it hot! Ate dinner at a new brewery here in town. Food was great and  the band played while we Ate

The heat is draining and we have not even started the hike. Yikes. We are so spoiled with our coastal weather

Joaquin here. We survived the trip. Todd drove twenty miles over the speed limit the whole way. It was like The Gran Prix, right on the tail of every car in front of us. 

The food was good, but nobody in the band could hold a tune. The guys, Greg and John, who sat with us because that’s what you do in a brewery, offered me a job at the Mill, a nightclub, doing stand up. We may get on the trail a day late. I’m working on my new career.

Todd walked us around town looking for a motel that we could hide out in if we ever need to hide out.  

We are so sad that Todd can’t join us on the hike. He may be hiding at the Thunderbird Motel.