Tuesday 10/10/2017.

Before going home, June Lake loop was our plan for today.

Check out of the hotel was easy.  We filled up gas in Mammoth Lakes town before taking hwy 395, heading to June Lake which is about 30 minutes up north.  To get to June Lakes, take a left turn on hwy 158 (there’s a sign that says June Lake Loop so you won’t be missed).  There’s a simple Shell gas station for anyone that needs it right at the corner but the price is a bit higher than in Mammoth Lakes.

To get down to the June Lake, take N Shore Dr on the right and drive on the way, you should pass the ticket booth which won’t charge you just for beach access.  The lake is so beautiful full of little stones; on the left are aspen trees with bigger rocks where people can sit to fish.

But if you don’t want to get down to the lake, continue on hwy 158, the view that looks down to the lake from hwy is so beautiful with rows of yellow trees on the foreground and the reflection of the lake is so clear.  We were there a little bit too early that the sun didn’t hit the aspen leaves yet; and plus there was no clouds on that day so the pictures we took did not look that great.

We spent quite some time at the June Lake shore; William picked out 1 rock for souvenir.  I wished to stay here longer but this was our last day here so we had to hurry up; otherwise we’d get home too late.  We continued to drive on the June Lake loop; took a short stop at Silver Lake, passed by the Grant Lake and then headed home.  At Silver Lake, while waiting for Tim to check out the area, I tried to feed William Macaroni & Cheese but he didn’t eat much.

At Bishop, our favorite stop, we filled up gas; stopped by Mc. Donald, got some french fries for William, coffee for Tim and caramel Frappuchino for me before continue our way.  William must be hungry that he grasped the french fries pack and kept it for himself. I was just glad that he decided to eat something.

William felt asleep holding the french fries pack; but then 1 hour later he woke up crying so we had to stop at the gas station.  I thought he might get car sick because of sitting too long so I tried to take him out for a walk but he refused to leave his carseat and cried.   Did not know what else to do so I played 1 of the video clips that he likes so much.  He started to stare and watch the videos and then stopped crying.  What a relief! He watched videos all the way to home.

We got home around 8:00 PM with no traffic jam; William ran straight to bed as usual.  I served him noodle soup from canned but he did not eat much.  Tim & I had instant noodle soup.  We were all tired so we went straight to bed after dinner; after all we all had school/work tomorrow.

That concludes our autumn trip for this year.  Compare to last year, we stopped by lots more places and we were lucky that the yellow leaves were at peak or just past peek.  Last year there was storm that it was so cold and we were 1 week too late, but this year with the average temperature of 75, it felt more like summer.

After all we had a great time (not too much relaxing) here in Bishop / Mammoth Lakes but decided to go some place else next year.  Colorado, maybe?

To get down to the lake, take N Shore Dr and go straight to June Lake Beach Parking.