Our typical day starts with breakfast at our Airbnb, then packing the car to head out. Today we could actually see where we had driven in the night. Junk everywhere and yet our cabin was so nice.
Our drive to San Francisco included driving through some of Californias wine country. The vineyards went on for miles and miles and were beautiful. Many places had rents set up for wine tastings.
We stopped in Santa Rosa because we saw a visitors center sign. Sadly it was closed due to Covid, but as we parked I noticed a statue of Charlie Brown and Snoopy. Of course I jumped out to take a picture. I wondered what Charles Shultz (peanuts creator) had to do with Santa Rosa. I quickly looked it up and learned he lived there for 40 years and from there he created As we drove out of town I found a few other statues. My friend, Lynn Starkey, loves all things Charlie Brown. I looked for a place that sold souvenirs, thinking Id find something Charlie Brown, but found nothing.Sorry Lynn!!
toll, however the toll booths were no longer manned. After done research we learned they take a picture of your license plates and send you a bill.
If was foggy as we crossed the bridge so we couldnt get any good pictures. We stopped at The Presidio at the end of the bridge in hopes of getting some pictures, but it was not meant to be.
The Presidio is a large park with museums, recreation activities, and a cemetery. It was once a military post and is the oldest National cemetery on the west coast. Nanci Bowens grandparents are buried there so I took a picture of the sign just for her.
Our goal in San Francisco was to cross the Golden Gate Bridge, to visit Pier 39, Fishermans Wharf, eat seafood, and have ice cream at Ghirardelli Square. Ed wanted to see Alcatraz. All of that we so very easily. We were worried about big city traffic but really met none.
At Ghirardelli Square we all got sundaes which were outstanding!! While sitting there eating our sundaes, we saw a guy playing sax. Terry tipped him and asked if he would play I left
my heart in San Francisco in memory of his father in law, Art Mosley. Art was from San Francisco and told many stories about the area. As a young boy he sold newspapers to Milton Berle. As we listened I took a video but cant post it on my blog. Youll have to view it on my Facebook.
Once we left the city we headed toward Yosemite National Park. We were supposed to be going to Lake Tahoe to stay at the Lawrence Welk Resort. I grew up loving Lawrence Welk. I also loved westerns, particularly Bonanza. I really wanted to go to Lake Tahoe, Carson City, Virginia City and that area. Because if the fires we were advised to stay away. So we were spending two nights at Yosemite and 2 nights at Mammoth Lake (east of Yosemite)
As we neared Yosemite (about and hour and a half out) the roads became twisty turny and treacherous. It was straight down with no guardrails. Look at the picture and zoom in on the road ahead.
We were advised to gas up, buy groceries, and have paper directions as a GpS wasnt often correct. Fortunately our GPS took us
We took a quick look at the book and learned there had been an issue with bears breaking into cars and cabins. We were told to take all good items out of our car and close all windows where we werent there. I took that very serious and took everything out of the car including gum and scented had cream!!
Another late night but in the morning we were setting no alarms and we werent going to be in a hurry!!
