It all began on a Thursday afternoon we decided to leave the state of powder-hounds and make our way to laid back Cali. We kicked off the road trip with a delicious meal to get ourselves fueled and ready for all that awaited us at Mammoth Mountain a.k.a heaven. You see Mammoth mountain has had a record amount of snowfall this year. I didn't really understand what this would be like. However, I knew it was going to be pretty amazing. There are no words that can properly describe this experience. So here it goes.
Getting there was a process...at times it was painful. But we new what was waiting for us so we pressed forward. Somewhere around the 5th hour we started to get a little loopy. It involved a lot of licorice, peanut butter eggs, and alien talk. The cows began to look like lions, and the tractors looked like UFO's. Everything was uphill from here. Yes, uphill.
There was a lot of singing, video diaries, attempts at homework, but most of all laughing. So we thought it was very fitting to fill up at Giggle Springs gas station every time we had the chance. How could you not?
As we crossed the California border there was an agricultural inspection. It was mandatory for all vehicles to pull over. We knew this had to be serious. So serious in fact they just waved us through. On the other side of the inspection building we found this gem. Thank you California .
We finally arrived to our hotel. We crashed as soon as we got there. We had 9 hours of an exciting drive to sleep off. The next morning we both woke up before our alarms went off. We quickly got ready and began our short trek to Mammoth Mountain. This was our view on our way up. We were stoked beyond belief. The whole drive I couldn't help but hear a song from The Weepies play in my head
"All this beauty;
You might have to close your eyesAnd slowly open wide
All this beauty;
We traveled all night"
For some reason The Weepies have a song for everything. So perfect and so fitting. It was seriously amazing. Just when I think it can't get any better is when we pull into Mammoth Lakes. You see, earlier that morning I received a message on my phone saying Mammoth Mountain received 44 new inches of snow. This was hard for me to picture, until we got to town. It soon became the only thing you could see. The stores were buried, and bus stops were tunneled into.
