Travelogue

Home sweet homeAndrew and Celeste had made the decision last year to move from San Francisco to Bishop to try out a less-urban lifestyle in what is a world-class rock climbing destination. They are very dedicated rock climbers and were getting a bit tired of the trek from San Francisco to Yosemite every other weekend to climb, so they figured, why not move to a place where there was premier rock climbing practically in their backyard.

So, they found a great apartment in town, packed up their belongings, and headed over the mountains. They even were fortunate enough to be able to take their San Francisco jobs with them - and this was before Covid.

Now, a year later, they purchased a home, making that “temporary” lifestyle change more permanent. I had such mixed emotions about this - so happy for them that they were moving into their first home, and a bit sad that it was so far away.

Bishop and all of the Eastern Sierra is stunningly beautiful, so even though they are 6 ½ hours away from us now, it is not a hardship to go over the mountains to visit them. Their home is often the last stop on one of our road trips.

Not a bad neighborhoodSo, we spent days, along with Celeste’s parents and Tommy and Erin, moving Andrew and Celeste from their apartment to their new home, which was only two blocks away. We could literally carry some of their smaller things by foot.

Us and Celeste’s parents were getting so efficient at these moves that we considered going into business and calling ourselves Kapuna Movers. “Kapuna” is an Hawaiian word for elder or grandparent. Unfortunately, we weren’t grandparents yet, but we had the elder part down pat.

We did, however, have quite a scary incident, when Celeste’s dad had some chest pains. The Bishop hospital is not equipped with a team of cardiologists (or even “a” cardiologist) to handle possibly serious heart issues, so they did what they do for cases they are not equipped to handle - flew him to a hospital in Reno in a small plane with three paramedics on board. Fortunately, he was okay.

Once they were fully set up in their new home, Herb and I felt comfortable leaving to spend a few days in Death Valley.