Feb 4- Mill Creek Station

Location: just north of Bishop, California

The ride from Lone Pine to Bishop along highway 395 was uneventful but wonderfully scenic with a constant view of the sugar coated Sierra Nevada range. The little towns of Lone Pine and Independence with their cute, historic buildings added an extra sweet touch to the landscape.

Just north of Bishop we turned onto a little side road looking for a place to camp. We came to a few houses and decided to ask at the one with the big, somewhat sheltered yard if we could set up our tent there for the night. Jeff, the property care taker, said we are welcome to camp wherever we want and are welcome to use the bathroom and kitchen of the house. So nice! He showed us around the back yard where the owners had built an amazing outdoor stage out of left over granite slabs where they host concerts in the summer time. The building next door, which used to be the Mill Creek Station store, has also been remodeled into an indoor events hall with a stage, kitchen, dance floor, lighting and sound system. So cool! Jeff as well as the owner of the place are avid mountaineers and the red walls of the hall were covered with impressive snowy mountain adventure photos from all over the world. So beautiful. Jeff kept describing all the fun events they have almost every weekend here in the summer time and we wished we could fast forward a few months and take part in the fun. O well, at least we have another good reason to come visit this area again.
In the evening, a ladies drummer group came to the Station to rehearse. They did not mind us being present so we essentially got our first drumming performance. Although I prefer more melodic performances, this was quite good and interesting.
The weather forecast called for very low temperatures tonight so Jeff suggested we just camp out in the hall once the ladies are finished drumming. So we did. Great!

THANK YOU JEFF FOR THE COMFORTABLE, WARM CAMPING SPOT AND THE PROPERTY TOUR. IT WAS SO INSPIRING AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ATTENDING A MILL CREEK STATION EVENT.