Sonora Pass, Route 395, Monitor and Carson Pass Ride June 2-3, 2018

My birthday fell on a Sunday this year so I had approval from the family to do a ride Saturday and Sunday as long as I was home by dinner Sunday for some cake. The kids are in the middle of finals so there were no family plans for the weekend as well.

I wanted to get up to the passes earlier this year, but it was darn cold, but this weekend looked ideal. The plan was to ride Sonora Pass over to the 395 and play around a little and to check out Bodie. I left the house around seven in the morning and was over the pass by around 10:30 or so. It was a nice sunny 61 degrees at the pass which was great.

Heading up the 108 towards the pass ...

Sometimes it is crowded up at the pass elevation sign, but today I had the whole place to myself ...

At the bottom of 108 is the USMC cold weather training base - my wife's father trained here so I stopped for a picture ...

Cheeseburger in Lee Vining at Whoa Nellie deli - this is a gas station with good food at the bottom of Tioga Pass...

Stopped for a picture of Mono Lake ...

The road to to Bodie Ghost Town...

Lake Topaz...

Heading home on Monitor Pass - not a soul in site ...

Carson Pass...