Carol asked why are we going to Yosemite
and what is there to see there. I said rock and left it at that. We stayed a couple of days and left in awe. It is a special place. The Pics say it all.
Squaw Valley
I got a days skiing in at Squaw. It was a little cold and overcast at times but the snow conditions were excellent for the Sierras in late March. The piste marking was not however.
The yanks seem happy to let people loose on the mountains with only minimal guidance.
Carol came up on the big mountain Gondala for lunch. It was a pity but we had to eat inside as the wind was blowing hard so it was cold.
We left in driving snow and were glad to get over the pass and down to warmer climes. San Francisco
We managed to get parked by getting there early on Sunday and finding a rare free street parallel park site. It filled up quickly and before long all the $25 a day lots were full as well. Half an hour later and we would have been stuffed. There were many street people some Chinese but lots of police presence so we left the RV, took the cable car trolley
up to China town and walked back down. The community is alive, well and speaking and writing in Cantonese. Truly it is a little piece of China.
The cable car system dates from 1873. A Mr Hallidie who owned a wire- rope manufacturing business saw an accident that killed 5 horses. From this came the idea which became a full blown-a cable car railway system to deal with San Francisco's fearsome hills. The design is little changed today and requires considerable skill and huge upper body strength to operate the levers clutching the car to the cable or operating the manual brakes. In 1998 Jan. 15 Fannie Mae Barnes became the first female ' driver' after developing the great upper body strength needed for the grip and brakes and we mae have seen her at work.
After a wander round the piers we were out of SF across the Golden Gate Bridge
to posh Marin County.
Charro’s bit
I don’t know, into snow, down to warm weather, back to snow then more warm weather. Grow more hair or shed some, that is the question. I am fooling the mistress into giving me more ham treats by not eating my dried stuff until she puts some in there. The fat one is getting to push me around as well so he is getting some exercise.
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