It is rare when adults are awestruck. So many trips around the sun can inure one to the wonders of the world. Not true this week for us. Paul, Bogie and I did our monthly trip to Mammoth despite the lack of new snow just because we love the Eastern Sierra in all its geological diversity. Paul advised me that I was really in need of some down time and I had to agree.The first day I was delighted to sleep in and have not ONE thing on my schedule. Ahhhh. That feeling is like wiggling your toes in warm sand on a summer day.
So, awe came that night when we drove out to where it was pitch dark and searched a blanket of stars to find meteors as the Geminid meteor shower put on a show just for us. It kept up all night but we got cold after about half an hour (temp was 15) and warmed up with hot chocolate back indoors.
Awestruck again when we took a trip to Black Point on the north side of Mono Lake. I saw some pictures of slot canyons on Instagram that made me question why I had not seen them when we went to Black Point before. Armed with the knowledge that they were there somewhere, and that we probably needed a 4×4 to get through the bad roads, we rounded up a friend and found fissures that as fabulous and awesome as the slot canyons in Utah and the red rocks of Petra, Jordan.
If you are wondering, I did get 3 days of skiing in. Mammoth really does an awesome job making and grooming snow when there is so little. And, it will be awesome with all the snow coming down for Christmas day.
But the 3rd wonder was on the way home. A huge herd of elk was comfortably ensconced in a field just above Manzanar with a backdrop of the snowcapped Sierra rounding out the picture. Truly it was a week of magic and wonder.
May your celebrations of the miracles of Hanukah and Christmas be full of wonder and joy. It all occurred early this year for us.
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