We chose Bishop, California because it is just outside the eastern entrance to Yosemite. It's a small resort-ish kinda place. The more research I did I realized that it was also just about fifteen miles from the Methuselah tree! Death Valley was a bonus - and so will the search for the oldest tree on the planet be a bonus!
We spent so much time in Death Valley that we must pass by Methuselah and check into our room. In the morning we'll backtrack the fifteen miles, find those ol' trees, and then go back through Bishop to Yosemite.
We stayed at the Days Inn in Bishop and gave it a 4 out of 5 rating - not bad for a $50 room! I suppose during the "season" the price might be higher though. Days Inn, of course, is a "chain" hotel. We've started looking for the privately owned places because they seem to be so much cleaner and quieter than the chains. Hotels.com has their own customer-based rating system, and we've found it to be right on target. If a private hotel has a rating of 3.5 at the right price, we'll consider it. If it has a higher rating? Fantastic! We have friends that "shop" Hotels.com, and then call hotels direct to try to get a better price. I don't feel like that's right or fair - and motels at $50 a night is about as reasonable as you can get!
I guess we stay in motels because every time we stay in hotels the car is so far away that we walk ourselves to death retrieving things like tablets and laptops. What we're looking for is a good night's sleep - not bragging rights to a location.
And I have no clue how I got on this train of thought to post on the blog - but you might find it interesting how we end up some of the places that we do...
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