Feb 3 Lone Pine

Very frosty night in the tent so we got up much later than usual to give the sun some time to melt and dry the frost. Beautiful, mostly downhill ride to Lone Pine with amazing views of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. We had not problem finding our host Mary's house in this cute little town. She and her husband have a guest cabin which we got to stay in. There was delicious granola and fruit on the table and a jug of almond milk in the fridge with two beers for us. Wow, how nice and thoughtful! 

Mary told us that she volunteers as an ESL (English Second Language) teacher for the local Spanish speaking population. We agreed that it would be fun to attend her class tonight and participate in conversing with the students. It was fun. Mary introduced us as the "mystery people" and the students then had to ask us questions to find out more about who we are, what we are doing and why we were in Lone Pine. Once the students, most of them from Mexico, had figured out that we like traveling they compiled a list of worthy destinations for us to visit in Mexico. Thanks guys for the tips, hopefully we can make use of them some day! When the questions started revolving around what foods we eat while traveling, dear Angelica must have gotten a bit shocked when we listed just peanut butter, oats, trail mix and the occasional canned fish as our staples. She got up, excused herself and told Mary that she was taking us to her house for dinner. Although we had just eaten a delicious meal at Mary's, we were able to find room for the packed wraps that Angelica served us along with the wonderful hot chocolate and her son's freshly baked chocolate cake. Angelica spoke hardly a word of English but words were not necessary to love her. She was such a darling. Her son has been in the States for a while so he spoke good English which was great.

THANK YOU SO MUCH MARY FOR YOUR WONDERFUL HOSPITALITY. IT WAS AN HONOUR FOR US TO BE YOUR FIRST GUESTS IN THE LOVELY CABIN. ALSO BIG THANKS TO ALL THE STUDENTS AT THE ENGLISH CLASS WHO MADE US FEEL SO WELCOME AND SPECIAL THANKS TO ANGELICA AND RUBEN FOR THE DELICIOUS SECOND DINNER AND WONDERFUL DESERT. WE REALLY HOPE TO COME VISIT YOU GUYS AGAIN SOMEDAY. ALL THE BEST!