Trip to Mammoth Lake

I went on a weekend gateway to Mammoth Lake on 08/22/08 - 08/24/08. The trip began by picking up mommy at work around noon time. Then we ate lunch first at Yoshinoya Restaurant in San Gabriel. After that, we took off. On the way, Mommy entertained me with toys, DVD movies, snacks and tried to get me fall asleep. But i couldn't. I was getting bored and uncomfortable. Then we made our 1st stop. It turned out that I wet my pants, that's why I was so uncomfortable and would like to get out of my car seat. We visited the local supermarket and i practically ran around the supermarket, getting so excited to be able to walk again. Then, we continued our journey...i was feeling tired already but couldn't fall asleep either. Mommy started to get frustated and I pooped. We stopped again and this time, I resisted to get back on the car seat. Finally, with Papi's help, mommy was able to sit down. Finally I was able to sleep and so was Mommy. We were just 2 hours away from our destination. We arrived around 7:30PM. The cabin that we're staying at was very nice. It was very well equipped indeed. No need to bring cookware, plastic trash bags, plastic eating utensils, soap for washing dishes and even spices for cooking. Amazing... The next day, we went on Gondola ride. Mommy got scared riding this (she didn't realize it was going to be so high and so shaking). I got scared too and was holding onto Mommy. It sure was a long ride to the top of the mountain, it was 11,000 feet above ground. When we arrived at the top, the view was magnificant. We took some pictures.

Papi got sick as well. We couldn't wait to go back. The ride back was not that bad and I feel asleep. From there, we went hiking. We were planning to hike by the lake shown at the photo.
However, just as we began hiking, we heard people screaming "BEAR...THERE'S A BEAR"...and there they were, we saw a big mommy bear with her baby bear, catching fish by the lake. We decided to go back and not continue hiking since the bear was still there, by the lake. We ended up walking to see the twin river (it was beautiful), here's a photo to share:

Just nearby, there's a small lake where the kids were able to play and get wet. After that we drove back to the cabin and had dinner. We had shabu-shabu. I fell asleep very early that evening and was waking up constantly in the middle of the night asking for milk, i guess since i slept so early in the evening and missed dinner, i got hungry thru the night. We went home the next day. On the way home, we did a little bit of hiking by the lake. I enjoyed riding on his hiking backpack with Papi. Overall, our weekend gateway was very nice. We sure did enjoy the beautiful creations that God made.