I didn't sleep very well last night the undersheet on the bed was sliding and I was not comfy! The owner of the hotel Bob brings coffee/tea and muesli bars out to the patio for breakfast. It's not a fantastic breakfast but he brings it out early so we can get going early which is great.
My coms work again hallelujah! and we are off to Yosmite, I am very excited to be going there again we went there with the kids in 2000 it was my birthday so a different time of year.
Our directions are good and we are soon travelling along a very windy mountain road. We are planning to stop at Sequoia National Forest (ours parks pass pays for this) and anyone know what is unusual about the word Sequoia? Along the way we stop at a toilet on the side of the road and decide to stretch our legs I had a little tumble down an embnakment and ended up with a grass skidmark on my right knee oops.
We stop at the Trail of 100 giants (a sequoia forest) it is amazing these trees are huge and we have taken heaps of photos. Our morning stop was to be at Camp Nelson and we were thinking brunch would be good but when we get there the cafe doesn't open till 11am so we wander up the road to a small gift shop where I buy some gorgeous earrings (of course!) and talk to Dearne the shop owner she is a lovely lady and tells us that there is a restaurant in Pierpoint Springs that would still be serving breakfast so we ride over there. We order one serving of scrambled eggs with cowboy potatoes and one serving of fruits of the forest pie and share both it is more than enough to satisfy us. We chat to the postmaster/server and he gives us some local info about the road ahead and we are soon on our way, we use the bathroom nefore leaving and I'm so glad I did it's just lovely!!
In Fresno we stopped at a Maccas and had a drink and after that we went to a servo to pump up the back suspension and the bike handles sooo much better!!
Riding down into Yosemite this afternoon was beautiful and we worked out that last time we came in through the western gate and left through the southern gate and this time we came in through the southern gate and will leave through the eastern gate so nearly all directions covered. We had taken off our gloves as the day heated up and then riding into Yosemite we stopped on the side of the road to put them back on as it was freezing.
We arrived at Cedar Lodge which is where we stayed with the kids in 2000 and at first it doesn't look familiar but then I look closely and I remember it. Our room is on the high side of the resort and at the back so Dave asks if we can park the bike up the back near our room and is told no so he asks for a room where he can park out the front and so we move rooms.
We have dinner at the bar and watch a random basketball game and get chatting to a guy who has worked here since 1987 and he tells us all the good places to stop over Tioga Pass which we will go on this Saturday. He also tells us it will be pretty snowy up there. It is a really comfy bed tonight and I fall asleep quickly.
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| Death Valley "Under the sea, under the sea" |
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| Our table at Furnace Creek Ranch - Death Valley |
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| mens toilet at breakfast |
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| our room Yosemite |
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