Change of Plans

 

For the first time in the trip we’ve made a major change in our itinerary. From Lone Pine the plan was to follow Hwy 395 north until we eventually reached Lake Tahoe but because of the largest snow totals ever, in the Mammoth Lakes region, a better decision seemed to be to head south. The southern route brought us through Victorville, CA, and onto Route 66 long enough to stop for second breakfast at a wonderful diner called Emma Jean’s Holland Burger Cafe. Our food was fabulous and we discovered the restaurant has been featured on the TV show “Diner’s, Drive-ins and Dives” twice!

Feeling good about our change of plans we traveled further south to Temescal Valley where we’d booked two weeks at a private resort called Glen Eden Sun Club. The name of the resort should have prepared us for the Goldilocks weather here; not too hot, not too cold but just right.

The surprise we weren’t expecting was the sea of orange and yellow flowers painting the hillsides all around us. Thanks to all the recent rain, this area is having a moderate super bloom. Super blooms are rare, well timed acts of nature that cause short bouts of wildflower blooms all at once in a particular area. We are so pleased we haphazardly ended up here in time to see this beautiful phenomenon.