Hey everybody!
So we made the long trek to Mammoth on Tuesday, it was a five hour drive from Bakersfield. all the way through the desert. No joke we actually passed several turn offs for Death Valley. Some facts about Mammoth Lakes:
It is way up in the high eastern Sierras, at about 8000 feet.
It is a total ski resort town, so there aren't that many people that are permanent. We estimate that about 30% of the houses up here actually have people living in them year round.
Mammoth Mountain is the one Ski resort, It has at least 25 "chairs" and is fairly large, it also employs probably half of the people that live here.
Mammoth is, obviously, a party town. I have counted at least 15 bars or liquor shops, though I am sure there are more.
Everyone up here just lives in the now and essentially lives off of the booze.
It is essentially like a cute, more packed together Park City that is RIGHT in the mountains. We aren't even in a valley. We live down the street, about 250 yards from a Ski hill/lodge
It is nice having all of mammoth be our area, it means that everyone we meet is a potential investigator. Mammoth is about 45 minutes away from Bishop, which is the closest thing to a real town out here. So everyone that works here also lives here. Sometimes we just ride around on the free trolley and try and talk to people.
The best part of Mammoth is the cute little LDS chapel. We are in a branch of about 12 people, including the four missionaries that attend it. Though we are prone to get a lot of visitors who are in town for the week.
Work is different up here. Everyone is fairly happy, and they generally don't take things seriously. People live here to have fun. I'll send pictures next week, maybe.
Elder Burton
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