Traditions....

 7;35 am - Thursday - April 23rd - Bishop, CA - 39° F, humidity 23%, cloud cover 9%, wind 6 mph out of the north by northwest....crystal clear, blue, sunny skies today with a forecast high of 70° F.  On this date in 2017 TLE and I were having our customary/annual first dinner at Lake Tahoe Pizza Company.....

....right across the street from Tahoe Valley Campground where we worked for 4 summers.  The best Anchovy Pizza ever!

Speaking of traditions, TLE and I have this tradition when in Bishop, CA to walk over to Eric Schat's Bakery on Main Street for pastries and coffees our first morning.  We pass through Bishop twice a year now....when we're going south and when we're going north...usually in October and April of each year.  As I have written more than once over the years, US-395 is our 'mother road'.  We have driven it from Hesperia, CA all the way to I-90 in Washington State more than once.  Our favorite section of this US Highway is the 147 miles stretch from Bishop, CA to Carson City, NV.  In years past when we worked at Tahoe Valley Campground we always drove US-395 to Tahoe.  It is not a fast way to get to Lake Tahoe, but it is the most beautiful way to get to Lake Tahoe.  On this day we began our walk over to Eric Schat's Bakery around 11 am.  It's about a 10 minute walk at the most.  Typically it is standing room only, but on this day it was very uncrowded....

....usually you have to wait for a table.  TLE changed things up a tad Wednesday by getting a scoop of Lemon Gelato to go with her House Brew coffee, but I stayed with my long time favorite....Apple Fritter....

Two more apple fritters in the bag for Thursday and Friday

....on our walk home we stopped off at Reagan's Sporting Goods to check out their 50% off sale, but did not find anything without which we could not live.  We were back home by 12:30 pm.  As we walked down the entrance road to the fairgrounds I noticed there was snow on the White Mountains too from the recent storm.....

.....around 2 pm I headed outside to wash, for the first time in 6 months, the Newell.  I wanted to wash her before we left TWW, but the 7 mile drive out to US-66 is very dusty, and felt like I would be wasting my time. Being here in Bishop for 3 days was the perfect opportunity to put a smile back on her 'face'.....

.....TLE took a couple of pictures of me near the end of my work.  For the first time in 6 months she looks beautiful....

....in all it took me around an hour to wash off 6 months of dirt and grime, but I got her done without feeling exhausted....lol.

Around 4 pm TLE and I walked over to 'Upper Crust Pizza' on Main Street down near the Smart and Final Iris grocery store.  TLE didn't partake in pizza on this day, but chose an appetizer of Chicken Wings with a side salad.  I ordered their standard pizza (sauce and cheese) adding anchovies, black olives, onions, mushrooms, and pepperoni.  As happens to me from time to time I neglected to memorialize our dinner, but it was great!  This is our second time dining at this pizza place.  They make a mean thin crust pizza.

We were home by 6 pm after a quick stop at Smart and Final Iris to pick up some milk, and cheese.  For the next hour+ I napped off my food coma....I ate half of that medium pizza....lol.  For evening entertainment we watched another episode of 'Survivor Season 50', and were in bed by 10 pm.

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