This must be one of the most spectacular drives in the world. The road is mostly in a valley, but the Sierra Nevada mountains rise straight up on our right side.




Except for all the noise of the motorcycles making their way to Reno for the 'Street Vibrations' weekend, this was a delightful lunch stop.



I noticed 'Bodie' on the map and told Jim we had to take this little side trip to an honest-to-goodness ghost town. In it's heyday around 1875 it had over 10,000 inhabitants. The gold mine is what drew people to this 8500 feet desolated place.





We had to unhook the car to make the final few miles on dirt road. What a spectacular view!




After visiting Bodie, we continued south on 395 to Mono Lake.






We spent the night in Lee Vining, California and are getting ready to head up Tioga Pass Road to Yosemite today! Wheeeeee!