7:36 am - Thursday - October 17th - Bishop, CA - 39° F, humidity 69%, wind 5 mph out of the northwest......mostly clear today with a forecast high of 77° F. On this date in 2020 TLE and I were having breakfast at 'The Coffee House' located in the Historic Bay Front area of Newport, OR.....
The largest 'Americano' I've ever been served!
.....the view of the Sierra Nevadas out my salon window this morning from Bishop RV Park at the Tri-County Fairgrounds......
We've been doing the drive between Gardnerville, NV and Bishop, CA twice a year these past few years...once going north in the Spring, and once going south in the Fall. The Fall trip is, and has always been my favorite drive anywhere in the USA. It is only 150+ miles, but there are numerous passes/summits to surmount on the way, and the going is slow going up and going down, usually in 2nd gear at about 28 mph. They always say you go down a grade in the same gear you went up it, and we have found that to be wise advice. Cameras do not do the views justice, but with TLE's help (she took all of these pictures) I will try to give you a sense of what we see along the way.....
Topaz Lake, NV
Back into California
Quacking aspens on the climb to Conway Summit
US-395 is 1,300 miles in length, and this is the highest point in that 1,300 miles
Mono Lake coming into view as we descend from Conway Summit
Beginning the descent from Sherwin Summit down Sherwin Grade (8 miles of 6% grades) to Bishop, CA
....we departed the Tahoe-Douglas Elks Lodge around 9:30 pm to get ahead of the forecast rain for the area scheduled to arrive around 11 am, and managed to stay ahead of it all day. The drive south was beautiful, quite cloudy, and relaxing. We arrived at Bishop RV Park (located in the middle of the Tri-County Fairgrounds in Bishop, CA) after a completely uneventful drive around 1:30 pm, and were in our site with water and power by 1:45 pm. We took one 20 minute break in Bridgeport, CA, but were otherwise moving southward continuously for the 4 hours it took us to reach Bishop.
Around 4 pm TLE and I took a 3/4 mile walk over to 'Whiskey Creek' a fine dining restaurant, which has been a Bishop staple for decades. The original 'Whiskey Creek' was located at Mammoth Lakes, CA, and we used to eat there a lot back in the 70's when we would spend around 30 days a winter skiing there. That one closed a few years ago, but the Bishop one is still going strong.....
....the rain we escaped in Gardnerville was scheduled to arrive in Bishop around 6 pm, and we were walking, hence the early dinner time....
....we ordered a bottle of McIntyre (located in the Santa Lucia Highlands near Monterey, CA) Pinot Noir (2019)....what a great Pinot! For our appetizer we ordered their bacon wrapped shrimp, which was the perfect bite before the entrees. I ordered, of course, their Filet Mignon with a side salad.....
....and TLE their Chicken Rama.....both dishes were exquisite, and what one would expect from a Yelp 4 star rating....
....for dessert we ordered two Expresso Martinis....what a great way to end a fine dining evening....
....we were home by 5:30 pm, just ahead of the rain...well, the rain did finally come at 7 pm, and went on for about 2 hours....never hard, but it was windy.
Thanks for stopping by!
A splendiferous Thursday in Bishop, CA
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