Death Valley to Bishop

We left the valley early in the morning to make the climb over "no name pass". Coming from the east coast, we find this pass thing is new to us but most important as there are many a rig on the side of the road as a result of overheating or transmission problems. We took our time and make it just fine. "No name" was a break at 5000' through the higher range. It was a 10 mile climb to the summit and then a gradual decent to the valley floor at 4200'. We stopped in Lone Pine for breakfast. We knew we were in CA when the price for breakfast was $25.00 in the local cafe! Maybe we were paying for the view of Mt Whitney the highest peak in te lower 48. Many of the cowboy movies made in the late 40's and early 50's were filmed in the Alabama Hills here in Lone Pine. Stopped at the visitors center and learned how the LA water district owns all the water rights in this area....All the run off from the mountains goes to the creeks and then they all go to the aquaduct to LA. Doesn't seem right to me????? Then drove up the valley to Bishop to visit Darcy's childhood chum from Lincoln, Maine. Parked the rig at the Casino operated by the Piaute Indian Nation.