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Not
so far to travel to-day so lie in until 7.00a.m.!!! Away
by 8.00 a.m., we make a 50 mile detour off the 120 round
Cottonwood road to drive a wonderful tortuous mountain road
and visit Cherry Lake, one of the reservoirs for San Francisco.
First things first, we stop for breakfast at Jamestown and
Lawrence falls for the waitress.
Lawrence
with our waitress
Seeing the sign in the Boomer American Diner where
we are having breakfast, Lawrence plans to apply.
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Sign
in restaurant
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What
have we here!
The
car has been hi-jacked by the next generation. Peter
lets Philip drive and we travel in comfort on the
air-conditioned rental car - feels all wrong.
You can't smell the scent of pine or feel the wind
through your hair. Kathryn complains the Healey is
too hot and too noisy. She just falls asleep.
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Kathryn
and Philip drive to Cherry Lake
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in to Yosemite Valley via Rainbow Pool.
This was the site of the toll for the old bridge across
the South fork of the Tuolomne River. There used
to be a cabin for the guy who took the tolls and he
washed by diving in the pool every day. It is said Eleanor
Roosevelt loved the spot so much when passing that she
stopped for the night and had all the State out looking
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Rainbow
Pool |
Julian
cooling his feet at Rainbow Pool. |
Entrance to Yosemite |
Directions |
El Capitan |
Waterfall |
Leaving
Yosemite with reluctance, we retrace our steps to 120
and continue on through the park. This takes us
to well over 9,000 feet at the Tioga Pass past wonderful
rock formations and the Tuolomne Meadows - a haven for
wild flowers. We are now up above the snow-line.
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Paddle at Yosemite |
Tioga
Pass
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Here
we are above the snow-line. Great sweeping bends take
us down to Rt. 395 from Lake Tahoe. What a roundabout
route we have taken to get here, but we had to do
'coast to coast' and have an Pacific paddle.
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Above
the snow line
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On
to the June Lake loop and finish for the day at Fern Creek
Lodges - owned and run by a Healey owner, Jim Hart. We are
fairly tired and enjoy several beers sitting on his verandah.
We have an early start to-morrow for the run through Death
Valley.
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