This week on The Vic Meier Show, I get sidetracked in San Diego with Steve from Sidetrack Adventures!
I have the great fortune of getting to talk to Steve from Sidetrack Adventures and learn all about how he got started on YouTube and what inspires him to do what he does. We get to learn more about his past and how he traveled growing up. Steve gives us a glimpse into some of his past and personal life which makes this already incredibly likable human even more endearing. Below are links to Steve’s channel and our discussion.
After my quick stop in San Diego, it’s back up north to the Eastern Sierras! Along the way I stop by the McGee Creek Lodge to share a legend that has been handed around up here for years. Legend has it that Walt Disney’s Frontierland design was inspired in part, by the faux logs he saw constructed into the McGee Creek Lodge facade. The McGee Creek Lodge was the area’s first official ski lodge, serving the McGee Mountain Rope Tow, and the predecessor to Mammoth Mountain. Disney was an avid skier and loved visiting the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Even going so far as to attempt to purchase Mammoth Mountain.
Speaking of Mammoth, the oldest continuously operated lodge is in the Mammoth Lakes basin, adjacent to Twin Lakes and now 100 years old. This is the Tamarack Lodge and home of the Lakefront Restaurant. This historic lodge has hosted dignitaries and celebrities alike over the past century. I had the great fortune of managing the bar at the Lakefront Restaurant, where I was featured in the LA Times back in 2018 for my signature drink, the Switchback. I intend to spend more time inside the lodge with Joe Grey, Josh, and the Crew at the Lakefront Restaurant in the Tamarack Lodge. Perhaps I’ll even get to make my Switchback! In any event, I’m sure we could all use a little more Joe Grey in our lives!
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Sidetrack Adventures
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White Deer Memorial
https://youtu.be/zSWDAULap68?si=camLhgKYOcoC0pT_