Mule Days 2017

We skipped the downtown Bishop Mule Days parade this year (last year’s Mule Days parade.) However, Jan wanted to go to the “Team Pack Scramble” at the local fairgrounds.

What’s a “Team Pack Scramble”?

In the olden days (and today too) mule teams were used to carry supplies in “packs” on the animals. Packers were folks who became expert at doing this.

In a scramble, a number of packing teams (figure 5 mules per team) remove the packs from their mule teams. Then all the mules are set loose in an arena and each team has to capture their mules and repack each animal. Fastest team wins.

It looks like this . . .

After the scramble, we wandered through the stables and found this guy . . .

Snow Day

We took a drive from Bishop, CA to Lake Sabrina and then South Lake.

Bishop’s elevation is about 4,000 ft while both lakes are at about 9,000 ft, so it’s a lot cooler up at the lakes.

Lake Sabrina and South Lake

It was about 50 miles round trip, and it gave our dog Flirt a chance to see snow again — the last time was about 3 years ago.

She remembered.

They Paved Paradise

For the last 2 weeks of April, contractors have been repaving our entire campground.

It was a bit trying, but not as bad as we thought it would be. The new asphalt didn’t stink that bad, and the construction workers were very cooperative. However, the large asphalt rollers were earth shakers. They freaked out our dog Flirt.

We’re Back!

Snowy Sierras (click to enlarge)

In Bishop, CA . . .

Our Spot

Flirt

And another

Spring Break 2016

LHC Spring Break

They’re having a great time . . .