Mammoth

We arrived to Mammoth last night/this morning at 1am. Dan and I were exhausted, but it worked well for Brandt as he slept most of the way. Unfortunately we didn't get him inside and to bed quickly enough to keep him half-asleep so he fully woke up and excitedly pointed at everything for an hour ("Dee! Dee! Dee!") before turning back in.

The weather is awesome here! It's in the low seventies and sunny. I woke up with a stiff neck so I skipped the parade this morning, but Dan and Brandt saw a bit of it on their way to the market. We headed out for a nice long walk at noon and were amazed by how many people are in town. We usually avoid the holidays, but it's neat to see the town so bustling...especially if we don't have to share the ski slopes with them.

Our plan is to find a campsite and camp the next two nights. I have a feeling we are not going to have any luck finding an available camp site, but that's OK by me. I'm a little apprehensive about bears. Dan thinks I'm too paranoid about bears and I think he's not bear aware enough. I'm sure Bettie could hold her own against a bear, the the rest of us aren't as tough.

We drove around a few of the closeby campgrounds this afternoon, but they're all full (phew!).