Mary Panttaja

Well, it was too hot in Death Valley—and then there was the sand storm. So we thought to leave and head north up 395. (The 4 day dearth of power for my computer was another deciding factor—though we found one booth in the cafe at Furnace Creek that had an outlet. We were able to snag it once.)

Turns out that the weather has shifted out from under us and it is a delightful 78 in Death Valley today and in Mammoth it has been lightly snowing all morning and into the afternoon. It has just stopped as I type. Okay, the sun is partly out, but it’s in the forties and snow and light sleet have been the norm so far. It should improve tomorrow.

Meanwhile, we have enjoyed having power the last day.  (We stayed last night in Bishop, and would have stayed but they had a full booking of campers for the weekend—two swap sales and the second weekend of the trout fishing season.) I have posted several times and caught up on some email. I’m also researching if it is at all possible to power my computer with solar. (Seems like maybe not—that’s grim.) Jim has been catching up on something.

Hopefully we’ll get out on a bike ride though we’ll really have to bundle up.