Camping Kern River

Kicking off the summer season with a camping trip to Kern River.

The early birders got some time to chill before the rest of the crew shows up.

Getting ready

I signed up for a 5k a while a go and have been quite good since and stayed away from alcohol the last week. I can feel a bit of a cold coming on now though and I want to run the 5k tomorrow but I spoke to my brother who told me not to, so I’m gonna walk it instead.
Well then, I think I can have a beer.

Hanging out with a cuddly dog makes me wanna get a dog.

Surströmming

Started the day as per usual, with some skiing.

Ended the day as per usual in Veronica and Erik’s apartment.

Surströmming is a delicacy in Sweden, it’s fermented canned fish and is ranked one of the stinkiest foods in the world by the people who knows. I have never had it and nor have I had a desire to try it.
Asher really wanted to try it though so we bought a can.

We got a lucky as it turned out a friend really likes it and could show the best practices.

I didn’t have the guts to try it but it actually didn’t smell half as bad as I thought it would.

I was better off with vegetarian sushi wrapped in soy paper.

June Lake Brewing Co.

I have to admit I didn’t get many hours of sleep last night and missed the POWDER DAY alarm and first wake up call. Friends kept calling though and we made it up to Mammoth!
The weather conditions was great for skiing, but I wasn’t quite feeling it.

We stayed in June Lake this time and visited the brewery. Definitely a Must Do if you stay in June Lake!

On the road to Mammoth

Woke up before the sun today to drive up to Mammoth. It was one of those windy days so we saw another truck that had blown over. As we got closer we saw it was a Tecate truck, we considered stopping to pick up a case of beer.

Had breakfast at Carls Jr.

Possibly the grosses chicken sandwich I’ve had. I had to remove the chicken after one bite cause it was disgusting. Still couldn’t finish it.

Made it to the mountain, this was our office for the day!

Got back to the house and had a bunch of stuff to take care of.

X-mas party and a bunch of beers

I was invited to a X-mas party at the Winn and since I’m several beers behind in my beer calendar I brought them all to the party.

Started off with the Speakeasy Scarlett Red Rye Ale. I am a big fan of the Speakeasy brewery.

Second beer was the Guinness Nitro IPA. Interesting but I’ve had better IPA’s in my life.

Leinenkugels Sunset Wheat, didn’t finish. I gave it away after a sip.

Magic Hat Vinyl Amber Lager, it was ok.

Had the last beer on the rooftop, watching the sunset.