Saturday May 23 and Sunday May 24
On Saturday, we were awake early and at the bakery by 6:30. The shelves were full of deliciousness.
Bob got an Americano and a sugar doughnut and I had an almond milk latte and raspberry scone. O M G. The sugar doughnut was like a pillowy cloud. The scone was super light and not huge like some are. We shared both. Then Bob got a raspberry danish which he said was as good as everything else. The bad news is they are closed on Sundays….
Bob left to go fishing and I walked back to the bakery with my book and got another latte. There was a steady stream of people getting goodies and buying loaves of bread. I hope they are a huge success. Like them on Facebook: High Sierra Bakery, Main Street, Bridgeport.
Instead of fishing, Bob reserved a boat for us for tomorrow (yay) so we took off for Mammoth. We intended to go to Convict Lake for lunch but the restaurant wasn’t open yet which is weird since Memorial Day is when they usually open. So we spent some time at the outlets in Mammoth and then went to the gas station at Tioga and had lunch at the Whoa Nelli Deli. This is a must-stop at the Tioga Pass junction on Hwy 395.
Bob had a ribeye steak sandwich with fries and I had an Asian salad with grilled salmon (mixed lettuces, cabbage, shredded carrots, cucumber, mandarin oranges, cashew nuts; no crispy noodles, dressing on the side). Excellent!! Oh and a Golden Trout Pilsner from Mammoth.
The skies were stormy and beautiful on the way back to Bridgeport, especially by Mono Lake.
A truck slid off the side of the highway and almost went into a ravine because of a sudden, heavy hailstorm that left this on the road:
It was pouring when we got back to Bridgeport so we played dominoes downstairs in the living room. I kicked Bob’s ass.
While we were sitting there, more guests kept arriving and Jeannie, who manages both Cain House and the Silver Maple Inn with her husband, Ed, a retired photographer, said both places were full for Saturday night. We liked it better when it was just us….
Back to the Bridgeport Inn to hang out with Cindi. It was rocking, unlike last night. We had our cocktails and ordered dinner: fried chicken and a baked potato for Bob and we split a caesar salad; I had brown rice and vegetables. We had a glass each of the house Cab ($9) which is pretty good. Rained hard and the Warriors won!!
Sunday morning we went downstairs for the complimentary breakfast. Wish the bakery was open!! Had some meh coffee, hard boiled egg whites… Bob had some yogurt, a muffin and OJ. Then we packed up the car and the cooler and headed for Twin Lakes and our boat.
It was mostly sunny but with rain clouds so it was sweater on, sweatshirt on, sweatshirt off, sweater off, repeat, repeat, repeat all day until it started raining and then it was everything on including rain slickers
We used the Skywalker Christmas gift picnic backpack for the first time. It’s a really great pack that serves four with wine glasses (plastic), a small cutting board, knife, corkscrew, napkins, cutlery, plates…. and a blanket and a bottle of the 2011 Viandante Del Cielo Pinot Noir. Great gift! Spread our lunch (proscuitto, havarti, goat cheese, grapes) on top of the cooler and enjoyed it just before the rain started!
It rained on my book:
Guy Fieri piloted us back to the dock.
It was such a fun day and a beautiful little lake. We will definitely do that again.
Dinner at the bar; Cindi was supposed to be off but got called in to work so that was good! We had our respective cocktails and then opened the Skywalker Pinot and shared a glass with Cindi. It was really nice wine. Bob had the special, a T-bone Porterhouse, with baked potato and salad. I had half a caesar (no croutons, dressing on the side), brown rice and vegetables and the tenderloin part of Bob’s t-bone that he gave me, lovely man that he is. Tourists in the house tonight: France, Germany, India and Australia were all represented.
Bob and Sharon's Travel Diary 
Miller Lite? Seems a bit incongruous…..