great california road trip #6

After a long day driving down cloudy route 395 the sun began setting low enough to shine under the clouds. Lauren and I saw a beautiful streak of light painted horizontally across the mountains to our East. As we were driving through Bishop, California, I excitedly turned down a side street and sped towards the…

great california road trip #5

Having never been to a hot spring, we made a stop after visiting Bodie at this undeveloped hot spring.  We had the small pool to ourselves for an hour or so. The spring is surrounded by mountains and it was a wonderful way to relax before getting back on the road for a couple more…

great california road trip #3

We began one of our longer days of driving when we left Lake Tahoe. We drove south down Highway 395, which runs along the eastern side of the Sierras in the valley and high desert. The highway is surrounded by constantly changing landscapes and high mountains. You could spend weeks on this route and not…