Day Two - Still on the 395

We've been on the road for a week and a half (now in Washington) and I'm just now working on day two of our journey up Hwy 395 in CA on this blog.  It's just so hard to load pics and take the time to write, but here goes...


After staying our first night at the Redwood Motel in Bridgeport, CA, we decided to work our way back down where we came from and pick up a few places we missed.
The first place we headed for was Mammoth, a popular ski area here.  Our plan to walk around, eat and shop was thwarted by SNOW - on June 29th!  They were still skiing here and it was cold!
So we did the next best thing - we found a brewery and tasted beer!


Going back toward Bridgeport, we made the bumpy, 13 mile ride to a real ghost town, Brodie.  Brodie was a mining town in the late 1800's that was later abandoned and became a state park in 1967.  It sits in a state of "arrested decay."  In other words, nothing is being done to restore it.  You walk around, looking in the windows at what was literally left behind after everyone left.  At one time 40,000 people lived here and the buildings left are only 1/5th of what was.  
Very interesting, but look at us!  So COLD and SNOWING again!  
Thank goodness for Don's golf rain gear!


Going back to Bridgeport for our second (and last) night, we passed the "Latte Da" coffee shop.  A twist on our last name and what I always wanted to call a coffee shop if I ever owned one. Cute. So are my boys...

Finally, look at the price of gas in Bridgeport!!  $4.99/gal!  We decided to fill up at our next location - Reno!!