Eastern Sierras and 50 Mile Race

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Last week Timber and I took a few days off from work to drive over to the Eastern Sierras to see Jackie and Rocky, and watch Rocky run in a 50 mile race (Bishop High Sierra Ultramarathon).  It was a fun time overall.  We took our time driving there and back, camped out at Mammoth Lakes one night and Brown's Millpond Campground outside of Bishop the rest of the time.  And it was HOT, well into the 90's.  Here are some of the more notable things that happened.

1.  On our way there, on highway 5, just south of Sacramento, the big Yakima box we had on top came open, scattering some of our camping gear along the highway.  Luckily the lid didn't fly off and no accidents were caused as a result.  We were able to stop and recover everything, and we only had two things break as a results.  A cheap fishing pole and and electric air compressor.  It was quite exciting to run up and down the highway picking up our stuff while cars whizzed by at 70 mph.

2.  Rocky ran in the 50 mile race which had an insane amount of climbing, and it was really hot.  Unfortunately he was not feeling good toward the end and dropped out at the 41 mile mark.  Every time I see the ultra marathoners run by, especially in the heat, I ask myself why they do it.  I still don't really know.

And I almost forgot, the pictures that we took can be found here.   

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