Mammoth

Last week we went to Mammoth to enjoy what snow they had before it was gone. So we packed our bags took off for the mountains with Tata (Grandma) and Sido (Grandpa) in tow.

Here's Maya rolling around with her suitcase.

Here's the Mammoth at the ski/snowboard resort.

We stayed at The Village which is in a great location and after we moved rooms, we had this great view of the snow peaked mountains.

Here's Maya walking around while daddy is getting his Starbucks just outside our hotel.

You can't really tell but I took this picture of Arnold Schwarzenegger sitting in a snowcat waiting to go up the mountain. I took this picture while standing in the lift line.


Here's me and my hubby after a day of snowboarding. As you can see there is still snow on the mountains and because there were hardly anyone there, we got to enjoy it to ourselves and never waiting in lift lines. Perfect !

While we were snowboarding Tata and Sido were watching the monkey twins . We came in the door to this scene. They were naked and swinging from the chandelier.



On the recommendation from the girl who was working at our favorite bakery in town, we went to a nearby playground. The sun was out so it was warm while the girls played with a beautiful backdrop of the mountains.

Near the park was a natural stream.

It was very nice exploring and walking along side it.


Here's another picture of daddy with his Starbucks. We found some bears while walking through the Village and we could not resist the photo opportunity.

Sahara found some snow to play in.

We took a drive on the Old Mammoth Lakes road and found ourselves driving through beautiful wooded snowfields. So we had to stop and let the girls play in the untouched snow. There was no one around for miles. Very peaceful and beautiful.


On another recommendation from the girl at the bakery, we visited Mono Lake.


Mono Lake is only around 30 minutes north of Mammoth Lake. We didn't know what to expect and what we discovered with so beautiful. We were the only people there and it felt surreal. Those rock formations are called Tufas and they are mineral deposits from natural gas leaks from the ground. These formations were once totally under water. The water in this lake is 25 times the salinity of the ocean.

Here's Sido and the girls.

Here are the grandparents, Linda and Paul.

Here's daddy and Maya.

The pictures never capture the feeling or the experience, but it was majestic to see this place.

More photos of Tufas.


Here we are walking back to the car.

All in all we have a very good trip. Everything went smoothly other than the fact that the girls had a cold. Here's a picture of Maya asleep on the ride home.