We had debated if we should stay another day. We were prepared with food and water, but we were very restless this trip. We were eager to see something more, something new.

In our hurry to depart a day ahead of schedule at the beginning of the trip we forgot to get our favorite coffee. We had a small supply but when we ran out the only available option was Foldgers at a trailer park connivence store. Surprisingly it wasn't bad. It wasn't ideal but it wasn't the burnt cardboard flavor of Starbucks roasted coffee.

Both Steph and I replace our sleeping bags this year. Steph's last bag was 13 years old and mine was 10. We researched a lot and ended up with some bags from NEMO. They are shaped like a peanut which gives side sleepers and people who like to be spread out room to move. It's amazing what 10 years design and technology has done in the sleeping bag industry.

After breakfast we decided to head out. I made a wrong turn and in my pigheadedness I wouldn't admit to it. Fortunately we ended up at a different set of springs where we soaked and cooled off. After showering I acknowledged that I was wrong and followed Steph's directions back thru the mountains and back to civilization.

On our way north we stopped at Mono Lake. Mono Lake is believed to have formed 760,000 years ago and in 1941 the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power built an aqueduct and began diverting the lake’s water supply. At one time the lake was the nesting place of 85% of California's Gulls. When the water was diverted the lake level dropped making the nests accessible to predators. A protection act was implemented and the water is no longer diverted but the lake level has not risen enough to bring the gulls back.