We are staying with Patty and Fred just outside of Mammoth Lakes, CA. In 2001, I started working as an educational assistant in Patty's preschool special needs classroom at Mammoth Elementary. By 2003, I had gotten my teaching credential and started teaching K, 1, 2 special education at Mammoth Elementary. We took a little trip down memory lane as we drove through Mammoth today. I took the kids to the elementary school where I taught and showed Bodie my former cl...

Day 2 - We left Lakeview, OR about 6:15 am and continued south. We were in Reno by 10:00. Just south of Reno is Carson City. Carson thought it was great a city was named after him and got a kick out of seeing all the signs with his name on them. I explained that we would be passing an old ghost town called Bodie as well. The next question that came from the back seat was "Where is Momma city at?" "You need a sign too mom!" When we got to Bodie, CA, of course we h...