Finally, the clouds have parted, the sun is shining and the day has arrived! The nice thing about our long cold winters is that it gives you an opportunity to work on projects and plan things...like a road trip per se. The disadvantage of long cold winters, and especially this year, is that cabin fever sets in and you never quite believe the day will actually get here. We met up with Patty and Alan, our traveling buddies for the first week of the trip, and finally rolled out of town about mid-morning. As we climbed over the Donner summit and continued onto the Kingsbury Grade we were greeted with mother nature's last gasp of winter. I thought it looked like snow flurries, but Patty was convinced we were in the midst of a blizzard. The driving conditions didn't seem to bother me as much as the choice of clothing, or should I say lack thereof, that I had packed. Here I was feeling carefree and summery with Florida on my mind and 3 bikinis in my bag, and looking at snow. Mmm. Not one to be discouraged I stood my ground, on my firmly planted flip flops nonetheless, and remained optimistic. At least we have a soak in the hot springs in the near future! The Winniemobile and The Cruiser (aka the Cohen's wheels) continued to mosey on down 395 driving in and out of inclement weather. After a quick stop at Mono Lake, where it was a balmy 37 degrees, we stopped for lunch at Whoa Nellie Deli in the Mobile Gas Station. We had a rather late gourmet lunch of jumbalaya, fish tacos with pineapple and mango salsa, lobster toquitos and herb encrusted apricot pear pork chops. Yes, you can see where our priorities are headed this week. By the time we finally arrived at Keough Hot Springs we only had about an hour to enjoy " the cure" before closing time. Ahh, but what a wonderful hour it was. After swimming for the last several weeks in a chlorinated pool the mineral springs felt velvety smooth. The temperature in the soaking area was about 104 and the pool was approx. 95. Night time festivities include wine and hanging around the campfire with good friends. Seems like a pretty good first day and well worth the wait. This is my first time using the iPad to blog and link to pictures so I hope this works! Today's pics - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
Location:Keough Hot Springs, Bishop, CA
