Monday, November 17, 2008
The Great Adventure
Nancy, Allison and Betsy came for the day this past Saturday. What a Great Adventure! I was driving or I could have gotten pics of the girls singing what became our theme song. What a hoot!
We decided to take them to Yosemite because we could see so much from the car and Mom wouldn't have to get out and walk so much. It was wonderful weather...low 80's in the Central Valley and low 70's in the Yosemite valley. We left town in the van with everyone eating on a 5" long 2" diameter burrito. I'm not sure any were actually finished but we made good headway.
We got up Priet's Grade, the first of the winding roads, and had to pull over and change the front driver's side tire. Unfortunately, the (replacement) jack we had didn't get the car off the road enough to take the tire off. So-o-o, Nancy and Ali flagged down another van and we borrowed a jack. Mom sat in the van while Dave was under it. Betsy, Ali and I took pictures and Nancy asked questions of the guy who loaned us the van to distract him from how long it seemed to take. We tried to get the tire fixed at the AAA tow/auto repair just up the road a mile but it was beyond help. Of course, we then had to stop every few miles to tighten the lug nuts until they finally got seated. I'm glad it was late enough in the year and the day that the places to pull over weren't full.
You'll see from the pictures that this is a photographer's Heaven. They even have a meadow area named for Ansell Adams. Come stay in the summer and get art lessons from professionals who pay for their lodging by giving the lessons to vacationers.
At the end of the day we stopped in Mariposa at the Happy Burger Diner and had a sandwich or salad & sundae. We spent 8 hrs. (11-7) in the saddle but had a fun time.
Mom/Grandmother was very excited to see and be with her girls again. In fact, she stayed up until 9:30 p.m. and didn't get up until 7:00 a.m. Quite a stimulating day!
Pictures for your enjoyment:
We decided to take them to Yosemite because we could see so much from the car and Mom wouldn't have to get out and walk so much. It was wonderful weather...low 80's in the Central Valley and low 70's in the Yosemite valley. We left town in the van with everyone eating on a 5" long 2" diameter burrito. I'm not sure any were actually finished but we made good headway.
We got up Priet's Grade, the first of the winding roads, and had to pull over and change the front driver's side tire. Unfortunately, the (replacement) jack we had didn't get the car off the road enough to take the tire off. So-o-o, Nancy and Ali flagged down another van and we borrowed a jack. Mom sat in the van while Dave was under it. Betsy, Ali and I took pictures and Nancy asked questions of the guy who loaned us the van to distract him from how long it seemed to take. We tried to get the tire fixed at the AAA tow/auto repair just up the road a mile but it was beyond help. Of course, we then had to stop every few miles to tighten the lug nuts until they finally got seated. I'm glad it was late enough in the year and the day that the places to pull over weren't full.
You'll see from the pictures that this is a photographer's Heaven. They even have a meadow area named for Ansell Adams. Come stay in the summer and get art lessons from professionals who pay for their lodging by giving the lessons to vacationers.
At the end of the day we stopped in Mariposa at the Happy Burger Diner and had a sandwich or salad & sundae. We spent 8 hrs. (11-7) in the saddle but had a fun time.
Mom/Grandmother was very excited to see and be with her girls again. In fact, she stayed up until 9:30 p.m. and didn't get up until 7:00 a.m. Quite a stimulating day!
Pictures for your enjoyment:
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