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Halfway Home: Los Angeles to Bishop
Nov. 29th, 2021 10:44 pmI was up at 4 AM once again on Monday morning to put in four hours of Day Jobbe work before waking Lisa, getting breakfast, and packing out of the room. As we'd already moved nearly everything back to the van, we only had one cart-load left to move.
( Almost Ready to Roll )
We finally were on the road about 11 AM. Having seen from online traffic that I-405 was at a near-standstill, we elected to take the surface street route over CA-1 and CA-2. Along the way, we stopped and refueled the Astro and stopped to buy some cold drinks.
( Getting our Kicks and Spotting Some Trains )
In Mojave, which was about the halfway point of today's trip, we detoured over to the airport before stopping for a late lunch.
( Planespotting With a Side of Trains )
The sun was setting as we continued on from Mojave for the second half of today's drive. Lisa did all of the driving today. We got to Bishop about 7:30 PM. Alas, as the Holiday Inn Express was pretty full tonight, so we scored only a mini-suite (oversize room) upgrade. The clerk had no problem accepting my passport, and was astonished that anyone would say that "only a driver's license is acceptable."
Unfortunately, this hotel appears to have gone the way of many other hotels in having only showers, not tub/shower combos. Because we don't have a full-sized bathtub at home, one of the things Lisa wants in hotel rooms when we travel is a bathtub. So while I'm grateful for having this HIX room on points, if we make this trip again, we're going to have to do a bit more shopping around for a hotel room with a bathtub.
Tomorrow I need to work another half-day, after which we'll head for home for the short time between Westercon and Worldcon.
( Almost Ready to Roll )
We finally were on the road about 11 AM. Having seen from online traffic that I-405 was at a near-standstill, we elected to take the surface street route over CA-1 and CA-2. Along the way, we stopped and refueled the Astro and stopped to buy some cold drinks.
( Getting our Kicks and Spotting Some Trains )
In Mojave, which was about the halfway point of today's trip, we detoured over to the airport before stopping for a late lunch.
( Planespotting With a Side of Trains )
The sun was setting as we continued on from Mojave for the second half of today's drive. Lisa did all of the driving today. We got to Bishop about 7:30 PM. Alas, as the Holiday Inn Express was pretty full tonight, so we scored only a mini-suite (oversize room) upgrade. The clerk had no problem accepting my passport, and was astonished that anyone would say that "only a driver's license is acceptable."
Unfortunately, this hotel appears to have gone the way of many other hotels in having only showers, not tub/shower combos. Because we don't have a full-sized bathtub at home, one of the things Lisa wants in hotel rooms when we travel is a bathtub. So while I'm grateful for having this HIX room on points, if we make this trip again, we're going to have to do a bit more shopping around for a hotel room with a bathtub.
Tomorrow I need to work another half-day, after which we'll head for home for the short time between Westercon and Worldcon.
