Lone Pine

Angela had booked us a place in this town on the outskirts of the National Park. It was our stopover before heading to Yosemite. It was with some excitement and trepidation that we approached his place. Our hotel had been described as ‘rustic’, which conjured up a wide variety of images. But our concerns were unfounded.

We received an escort into town



Found our accommodation easily, and it looked fine.


Inside it was very impressive. Turns out this hotel is where John Wayne stayed when making his Westerns.


We had a view of the mountains across the road (and the Pizza place as well)



The girls took the time to communicate with the outside world.



The little black dresses came out for the night’s extravaganza.

Dn’t worry about the storm/tornado/hurricane thingy in the background. We didn’t.

For our big night out, we wandered across the road to the pizza place.


Jen was hungry and pondered if her eyes were bigger then her belly.


But it turned out Jen was really really hungry that night.


Turns out this town has a lot of untapped fun and excitement. The local store was a mine of intrigue.
Not often that you see the aircon unit camouflaged so no-one notices it.


There were tasty treats on sale.


Then there was this tasty treat positioned right next to the junior livestock auction results.


And here was another inspired production positioning choice.


We wandered up and down the main street.
Discovered a food combination I was unaware of.


The girls started collecting intel for their shopping fix the next day



I think this is where they wanted to start.



Our accommodation that night was more than satisfactory, and many thanks to Ange for finding it.
It may have had its quirks, like you could not fully open the door into the bathroom.


But the girls found themselves a handy bag-boy, especially since they were up a flight of stairs.



The next morning was time to shop, work up an appetite and have blueberry pancakes for breakfast.



Then it was time to refuel, and head north. Before they left, John applied all of his mechanical expertise to ensure the car would run fine.