Scenic 395 - The Official Guide 2024

34 2024 Scenic 395 It’s not every event that is deemed important enough for its website website to contain a ticker featuring days, hours, minutes and seconds counting down to the big event. But BishopMule Days is not any event. Billed as the “Greatest Mule Show on Earth,”Mule Days is an annual event that has been taking place on Bishop over Memorial Day weekend for 50 years. And yes, if you go to the website you can find out how long it is before this year’s event begins – down to the second. It celebrates its 55th year in 2024, hav- ing been founded in 1969. The BishopMule Days Celebration a takes place for six days each year Tuesday through Sunday the week before Memo- rial Day on the Tri-County Fairgrounds in Bishop. It will be heldMay 22 to 27 this year. “There is no way to actually describe Mule Days. It is part mule show, part test of skills, and part WildWest show,”Mule Days writes on its website. “It is an event the likes of which are held nowhere else Located in the center of town less than 1 block from 7 motels Reservations Accepted 635 N. Main Street, Bishop, CA www.yamatanibishop.com 760-872-4801 Japanese Restaurant and Sushi Bar SINCE 2005 Brown’s Town • 760-873-8522 Millpond Campground 760-873-5342 Owens River Campground 760-920-0975 Glacier View Campground 760-872-6911 In The Eastern High Sierras www.brownscampgrounds.com FREE CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST Refrigerators & Microwaves • DirecTV • Free Wifi Newly Remodled • All New Rooms 190 West Pine St. - Bishop, CA • 760-873-4215 Bishop Continued on Page 35 ‘The greatest mule show on Earth!’ A scene from a recent Bishop Mule Days. Submitted Photo