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WE LEFT BISHOP FOR MAMMOTH LAKES(296)(297) A LITTLE FURTHER UP THE VALLEY,MORE SCENERY TO TAKE IN,AS WE GIVE IT OUR FINAL PUSH TOWARDS YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (SOUND LIKE SHACKLETON HERE !!) AGAIN WE CAME ACROSS SOME STUNNING STUFF,DECIDED TO STAY IN MAMMOTH LAKES FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS ,TO SEE IT ALL...FIRST UP WERE THE TWIN LAKES(298)(299)(300)(301),THEN ROUND TO LAKE MARY(302) WHERE WE FOUND A COUPLE FISHING(303)-THE VIEW HERE A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE ANCHOLME IN BRIGG.???. ANYHOWS ,THEY HAD BEEN THERE FOR AROUND FOUR HOURS-BUT DID HAVE A SMALL CATCH TO BOAST ABOUT FOR THEIR EFFORTS(304)-THE FISH IN THE PICTURE ARE RAINBOW TROUT AND THEY ARE BEEN KEPT UNDERNEATH THE WATER-(THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA HOW CLEAR THE WATER WAS)..NEXT UP WAS LAKE MAMIE(305)(306)(307) PRETTY BEAUTIFUL AND SO QUIET-LOS ANGELES WITH ALL THE FREEWAYS JAMMED SOLID WITH TRAFFIC SEEMED A MILLION MILES AWAY-WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER ? AFTER ALL THAT,IT WAS TIME TO FIND THE BAR TO REPLENISH THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S NEEDS(AS YOU DO)...NOW THATS WHERE THE FUN STARTS..WE GOT TALKING TO THIS GIRL CALLED LESLIE ,WHO WAS DRINKING WINE LIKE IT HAD GONE OUT OF FASHION,UPON HOME TIME WE SET OFF TO TAKE THE SHORT WALK TO THE MOTEL,WHEN OVER COMES LESLIE AND INSISTS WE HAVE A RIDE HOME,WE DECLINED BUT SHE WAS ADAMANT,I THINK WE GOT IN THE CAR TO KEEP HER QUIET MORE THAN ANYTHING,ANYWAYS SHE PASSED OUR MOTEL,TURNED THE CAR AROUND,DRIFTED ACROSS THE MIDDLE LINE AND IN DOING SO, SHE ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF THE COP PARKED NEAR BY AND SHE WAS CONSEQUENTLY PULLED OVER-THERE'S ME AND BOB SAT THERE IN THE CAR LIKE DUMMIES, WHILE THE COP PUTS LESLIE THROUGH ALL THE ROADSIDE TESTS ,THAT THEY STILL DO IN THE STATES(TOUCHING YOUR TOES..WALKING THE LINE ETC..).THEN A WORRYING THOUGHT CROSSED MY MIND,AS I HAD GOT IN THE CAR,SHE HAD ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO SHARE A JOINT !!! (SOMETHING THAT I DID PASS ON) BUT NOW HERE I WAS, WITH LESLIE'S HANDBAG VIRTUALLY SAT ON MY KNEE-WAS THE STUFF IN THERE.????.OH MY GOD ...'WE'RE GOING TO GET BUSTED'.....'WE'RE GOING TO GET HAULED OFF TO THE SLAMMER'...IT GOES THROUGH YOUR HEAD,MEANWHILE OUTSIDE THINGS WERE GOING FROM BAD TO WORSE, AS LESLIE HAD GIVEN UP ON ANY ATTEMPT TO HOLD HER ARMS OUT STRAIGHT,NOT EVEN FOR FIVE SECONDS LET ALONE FOR A WHOLE MINUTE...I THEN HEARD THE COP SAYING THAT SHE WOULD BE GOING DOWNTOWN FOR A BREATH TEST...PUT THE HAND CUFFS ON ME NOW!!!-MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF THESE STUPID BRITS!! THE COP CAME OVER ASKED IF WE KNEW LESLIE 'NEVER SEEN HER BEFORE IN MY LIFE' CHIPS IN BOB...THEN FROM NOWHERE-RELIEF-WE WERE ALLOWED TO TAKE THE WALK HOME,AS FOR THE OUTCOME FOR LESLIE-IT DID'NT LOOK GOOD,WILL GO BACK TO THE SCENE LATER TODAY,SEE IF WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED...BEFORE THAT I NEED A FEW MORE LAKES-HELP TO CALM ME DOWN.
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Ian That's the best ever John , tears rolling down my face. It can only get better lol, take care u 2 .