Okay … we did get up at 5:15. And I didn’t whine. I do believe I deserve an award of some sort. Dan had some motel coffee (yuck), and I was actually ready to go so I didn’t hold him back when he was ready.

We headed to destination number one, a bit near Mono Lake. The trees were lovely. So was the view!

Eventually we headed back down, and we met up with some friends to have lunch. What fun to see them! No photos of us all together, though: guess we aren’t the selfie generation, eh?

We headed out again, and Joe and Velda followed in their own vehicle. We all got out at one lovely spot and I even managed to get a photo of Dan and Joe. (Sorry, Velda … I missed catching you!)

From there we drove on up the road, and I just marveled at the beauty! Took a few photos, too.

From here we said goodby to Velda and Joe and drove elsewhere. Some viewers will recognize the spot, I’m guessing. I have more images from Monday on my other cameras, but I will have to look at those at a later time, so these last two are it for the day.

Then it was, again, off to dinner. Because we’d had a nice lunch we opted to eat in our motel room. We always bring food along, so we pulled out crackers, cheese, and other goodies. I went to open a wine bottle and … UGH! … the corkscrew broke. Well it was Dan to the rescue … off he went to the store within walking distance to buy a new corkscrew. He got back and went to open the bottle. AND that corkscrew broke! Heh. Guess I wasn’t supposed to have wine that night. So beer, which was what Dan initially was opting for, it was!