We left early Friday morning for Mammoth. It was kind of refreshing to veer off of the 5 and take a new route (14 to the 395) instead of our usual trip all the way up the 5. D was excited to see Joshua Trees in the desert.
Somewhere in the Palmdale/Lancaster area we stopped off at McD’s for breakfast. We tried the McSkillet burrito–a bit too much flavor going on for breakfast for us. We also had a mocha. At about a dollar less than Starbucks, it was a good deal, but all of the chocolate sank to the bottom. It was a pretty upscale franchise–WiFi, etc. AND it had a Western theme. Fun.
Yes, that is a horse on the balcony.
Our next stop was Bishop. We bought sandwiches at Erik Schat’s Bakery, “Home of the Famous Sheepherder’s Bread”. The roast beef is recommended over the turkey, which was kind of dry. The sandwiches come with a pickle and a cookie. I also picked up some jalapeno cheese bread, mini chocolate covered macaroons, and a loaf of sheepherder’s bread. The weather was so nice that we ate outside.
On our way out of Bishop we also stopped by at Mahogany Smoked Meats. We picked up some beef jerky and bacon, which I had read about. Pricey stuff (the jerky is like $35 a lb.!), but it was good, although maybe not $35 a lb. good. I just bought a little of the teriyaki and western flavors.
We then headed on towards Mammoth. My brother in law hooked us up with a condo and it was big enough to house our party of nine with beds to spare. Since we were the first to arrive, D had to remove a bunch of snow/ice that had piled up near the front door and garage. He got a good start, but my mom spent the rest of the weekend chipping away at the ice. That’s her idea of a good time. Seriously.
After settling in, we took k out for her first time in snow:
She didn’t enjoy it much. In fact, she was quite scared. Since the snow wasn’t packed, we sank in over a foot several times. Considering we weren’t wearing snow boots, this was not too enjoyable. We took turns going down the hill a couple of times before we became winded. 
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Beef jerky for $35/lb!!! Guess I should dust off the dehydrator and make some teriyaki jerky. Does anyone have a recipe for mini macs dipped in chocolate?
Stalepeeps