"Just Leave Me Here"

The next morning, Monday, June 7th, found us leaving Kennedy Meadows and heading north on California 395 toward Mammoth Lakes.  There was so little around there that we only found a place to have some ice cream bars for breakfast.  (Well, 1st breakfast.)  On up the road, we found a rustic cafe and had a real breakfast, amid all the cattle ranches that stretched as far as the eye could see.  John ate very well and began to feel better right away.  We drove on up through Bishop to Mammoth Lakes where we got a room at the Motel 6.  This day and the next are kind of recuperation days, and we go to a bookstore, do laundry, call the kids, eat well (which always includes pie and ice cream), and 'luxuriate' at the Motel 6.  We take the opportunity to do some scenic drives and are just overwhelmed at the beauty of the area.  There are so many places I have come across that I say to John, "Just leave me here."  And, this is one of them.  I could have just pitched my tent at Lake June and stayed forever.  Just leave me some books and my sleeping bag (and oh, yeah, some pie).