Margaret Higgins Clark kept us company on the trip up 395 today from Ridgecrest to Reno. It's a neat drive along the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada. Still have one disc left to finish up the story.
When we started out, we passed the Boy Scouts placing flags along the main street for Presidents' Day. Kind of fun to see them up early and involved with that project - give the parents credit for the supervision and truck driving! Along 395 all the small towns (Lone Pine, Big Pine, Independence, Bishop, etc.) had their flags out flying also. The only sad feature was that the main flags were all at half-staff for Justice Scalia. At least he passed away doing something he loved!
We stopped in Lone Pine for a bite. Interesting place - it's the jumping off spot for hikers going up Mt Whitney as well as the turning point to head over to Death Valley. Within an hour's drive, you have the highest and lowest spots in the Continental United States. Lone Pine also has a Movie and Film Industry Museum because it was the location site for many western movies. We have never visited the Museum nor have we gone to Manzanar - the Japanese relocation center from the 1940's. Have to put both of those stops on our to-do list next time we head south. Manzanar must have been a real culture shock for the Japanese families relocated from Los Angeles, San Francisco and other west coast cities. It's in the middle of the high desert and all they had were old wooden barracks to live in for the duration of the war.
Arrived home mid-afternoon and it was good be back in the house where everything was safe and sound. No snow on the ground - quite a bit different than when we left! Fairly warm, but that's supposed to change in the next couple of days.
Take care. Our love to all.
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