So, where was I? My last post was ranch related and I believe I was practically on my way to Yosemite. In the interest of my time I am combining a couple Yosemite days under less posts than days. I remember it like it was a month ago...
Day 4 - May 10th
A pretty laid back Saturday. I repacked the car prepping for Yosemite and ditched a bunch of stuff (this is a recurring theme of my trip. The long and short of it is - pack less friggin stuff). I put in some quality reading time and spent quite a bit of time thinking about dinner, which ended up being salmon/cod cakes with roasted cauliflower.
Elaina was nice enough to give me some honey that was produced right on their ranch. Actually the honey was made by Sue Bee - but at least a portion was theirs.
I turned in early in preparation for waking up at the crack of noon and driving to Yosemite.
Music: None (soundtrack by wind in the pine trees)
Book: Robert Ludlum - Maybe the 'Janus Directive'? They all seem the same.
Road Kill: None - though Elaina may have killed another rattlesnake. Apparently, she does this a lot. She was going to make me a rattlesnake bookmark from one she killed and tanned. I was faintly creeped out and this did not happen.
Day 5 - May 11th
As previously noted I woke up late. This was not a set-back as much as just what I expected. I said goodbye to Elaina and her dad Burt and hit the road.
The ride was pretty lame until I crossed the central valley and started climbing towards Yosemite. One long hill basically. There was a landlside on the 140 which forced all cars to cross to the other side of the river on a Erector Set bridge and then crawl along a ledge for a couple hundred yards until we Tinkertoyed our way back across to the 140. Nice.
I got to Yosemite about Dusk and set up camp. Not a very time consuming process. Cooked up a dinner of canned chili doctored with secret spices and started a fire. Elaina and Burt had provided me with a car full of free wood and I planned on using all of it.
Road Kill: One bluebird. Flew right under the front of the car with a nice thumpy sound.
Music: Zune mix - I think I have about 10,000 songs on the Zune so the music varied quite a bit.
