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Jun 5, 2006 - San Francisco to Oakhurst, California

We were back in the car but before we left San Francisco we just had to drive down Lombard Street ... the crookedest street in the World ... and then over the Golden Gate Bridge - stopping for that kodak moment of course. With some inaccurrate map reading (my fault) ... we headed to Yosemite National Park ... going the long / wrong way round via Sacramento. Well I justified it by saying that is was California's capital. We didn't stop though - just drove on through. We finally reached Oakhurst where we stayed for the night. We were...

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Oct 16, 2005 - Tioga Road ride and into Yosmite valley

Was suppose to snow tonight but they've changed the forecast so we're heading back to Yosemite to spend the night at the Lodge. Drove the truck and entered the park at El Portal which is the West Entrance and follows the Merced River. Headed for even higher ground on an updated old mining road called the Tioga Road. Passed 8000' and kept climbing but no more altitude signs. Had a picnic lunch at Yosemite Creek and stopped to take pictures at Olmsted Point, seemed like just under 9000'. The park was doing a controlled burn in the Tuolumne...

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