hot spring break pic....

[mike_c]

I've just returned from a spring break trip to the southern California desert. I took this pic Friday on rt. 395 on the east side of the Sierras. I wonder if the monkey king has heard yet?

[Buzz Clik]

1. Gulls gone wild!

[The Straight Story]

2. Were ya near Ridgecrest?

:) I am in Bakersfield myself. I remember a Chevron station in Inyokern which is what your pic reminds me of.

[mike_c]

3. had been earlier in the week...

...but that pic was at Lee Vining up by Mono Lake.

on edit-- any Mono County DUers out there? The east side was BEAUTIFUL last week!

[The Straight Story]

5. Well, if you are ever out my way - stop on by

Have a few beers. Only person I have met from DU is my wife AutumnMist.

We need a CA meet up :)

[seabeyond]

9. i was gonna say outside of bishop, big something and little pine????

has been decades since being there, but i lived in bishop for a while, alte 70's first time on my own, ..... geez it was fun. and the hot springs.

[unapatriciated]

13. hope you stopped at the Mobile Station in Vining...

believe it or not they have a 5 star rated restaurant.

[gateley]

4. He'll be unaware until a reporter informs him during a press conference. nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Passed gas................

Yup, it passed the $4 mark alright ........but don't tell the MonkeyMan.

[Adsos Letter]

7. Have you ever taken the drive up Fish Slough Road?

IIRC it starts around Bishop and ends up by Mono lake...runs along the desert between the White Mountains and Mammoth...lots of petroglyphs, hot springs, etc. along that route, and impressive contrast between desert floor and high-Sierra.

[mike_c]

17. is that the road to Bentonville, just south of Mono Lake...?

Goes by Mono Craters? That is one of my favorite loops. Spectacular scenery and great camping.

[Adsos Letter]

21. I think so...and if you follow it down to its terminous outside of Bishop...

it passes some great outcroppings of black (volcanic?) stone which contain beautiful petroglyphs...it also goes through an area (Red Rock Canyon?) which is a VERY narrow stretch between orange/red canyon walls which tower over your vehicle on either side.

We used to go down and camp at Sherwin Creek, just outside of Mammoth...good fishing (Fish and Game keeps it stocked from the hatchery down there) and easy access to either high Eastern Sierra or low desert...and the hot springs and creeks down towards the valley (Cowboy Tank, etc.)

I have some pictures somewhere of my family and I hiking around at Mono Craters...good times...haven't been for probably 20 years...

[madrchsod]

8. this is a great site for all things on gasoline prices

http://www.illinoisgasprices.com/Price_By_County.aspx?state=IL&c=usa...this is a great map.

one year ago gasoline was around 2.50-60 in my part of illinois.

this is the link for the usa

http://www.gasbuddy.com/
GasBuddy.com - Find Low Gas Prices in the USA and Canada

[Yael]

10. Holy shiiit!

Its here, folks. :scared:

[BeatleBoot]

11. So where are the pitchforks and torches?

Enough is enough.

[Rosemary2205]

25. There will be no such thing.

We'll buy the gas. We'll also buy less of everything else. They knew the jig was up when they rammed through the bankrupcy bill. All that's left is to convince Joe Schmoe that the emptiness in his wallet is some third world country's fault.

[unapatriciated]

12. did you stop in Mammoth?

They have some great "hot springs" there. I'm trying to place that pic (Bishop?), traveled 395 many times when I lived in Mammoth.
on edit read down thread and see it is Vinning.

[seabeyond]

14. post above.... i lived in bishop

lots of years ago. was telling son stories of skinny dippin in those hot springs so many years ago... back then we could get away with it adn so much more. dont know about today

[unapatriciated]

15. We were still skinny dipping in five years ago when I lived there.

It was the best in the winter. Lived in mammoth for ten years 94-2004. How long ago did you live there?
read up thread. answered my own question.

[Ichingcarpenter]

16. $3.75 for mid grade gasoline

on the central coast of California.

When I first bought my 99 Subaru it cost $14 to fill up in 1999
I just filled up this Friday it cost me $60 or a little over 4 times
as much.

[DeeDeeNY]

18. ouch

[lame54]

19. I used to live about a half an hour from there...

In Mammoth Lakes

[BlooInBloo]

20. There's no bewbies in that gas station!

[Fire Walk With Me]

22. Robber baron porn.

[kansasblue]

23. Aye! my Bush dollars buy very little of Cheney's gas. nt

[Xenotime]

24. That shoudl be illegal