October 1, 2012

October 1, 2012

And another month rolls around!  This year is 3/4 past. Yikes!  This has been an eventful year so far, and the remainder looks as if it will be likewise.  We have lots of traveling planned before the end of the year.

Usually, when we are traveling east, we delay our departure for an hour or more so Bill doesn't have to drive facing the early morning sun.  However, today he left early to avoid some of the mid day high heat that has plagued the area the last few days.

As we drove through a small mountain town we saw seven deer in a yard, happily munching away.  I'm sure the homeowner was thrilled!

The road through Yosemite was narrow and very curvy, but the landscape was beautiful.  Traffic was really heavy.  At one point we came VERY close to a drop off.  The race car driver at the wheel said, "You have to remember that you are sitting in front of the wheel and it just looks closer."  I said, "And you need to remember that I'm looking straight down."  It took about 4.63 minutes for my heart to quit resembling a Gatling gun!

When we left this morning our elevation was 35 ft.  We stopped at Tioga Pass to rest and eat lunch...elevation, 9946 ft.  The ride down from that elevation was a kick.  Bill had to use the brakes more than usual.  The coach wanted to “roll.”

We parked for the night at Von’s (aka Safeway) in Bishop.

Travel Totals:  Mileage---232,  Critter sightings---7 deer