Day 10 - The Long and Winding Road - Now and Then Photos
Day 10
Hogdon Meadow, Yosemite to Quincy, CA
351 miles
Dawn broke in a very brisk and beautiful Yosemite fashion, and I broke out the stove and coffee pot to get it started. Ron was still a bit tired from his pre-vacation vacation, so he slept in a little later.
It's hard to describe how waking up in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and Yosemite in particular, makes you feel if you haven't done it yourself, but it is invigorating and renewing and something I would recommend everyone experience at least once. Special note though - if you want to camp inside the park, better get your campsite reservation many months in advance. I secured these reservations for July in the the preceding March and didn't have a great selection.
We got moving before things got too hot, and headed out on the route we originally took back in 1981 - namely, up CA 49 to Angels Camp (104 degrees when we arrived) and then up CA 4 into the high country past Lake Alpine and Mosquito Lake, and down the other side into Markleeville and South Shore Lake Tahoe. From there we moved farther up CA 89 and settled in Quincy before running out of steam and daylight, in that order. We were both pretty worn out from the heat and traffic. We had virtually no traffic in 1981, but then again, there are over 13 million more people in California today than there were in 1981. A million here, a million there and sooner or later it starts to add up!
Finally for today, a few "Then and Now" photos.
Bridge over the Stanislaus River and the New Malones reservoir from CA Hwy 49 - circa 1981 (left) and 2006
Ron awakens in Yosemite on the morning of Day 2 of the tour
circa 1981 (left) and 2006
Hogdon Meadow, Yosemite to Quincy, CA
351 miles
Dawn broke in a very brisk and beautiful Yosemite fashion, and I broke out the stove and coffee pot to get it started. Ron was still a bit tired from his pre-vacation vacation, so he slept in a little later.
It's hard to describe how waking up in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and Yosemite in particular, makes you feel if you haven't done it yourself, but it is invigorating and renewing and something I would recommend everyone experience at least once. Special note though - if you want to camp inside the park, better get your campsite reservation many months in advance. I secured these reservations for July in the the preceding March and didn't have a great selection.
We got moving before things got too hot, and headed out on the route we originally took back in 1981 - namely, up CA 49 to Angels Camp (104 degrees when we arrived) and then up CA 4 into the high country past Lake Alpine and Mosquito Lake, and down the other side into Markleeville and South Shore Lake Tahoe. From there we moved farther up CA 89 and settled in Quincy before running out of steam and daylight, in that order. We were both pretty worn out from the heat and traffic. We had virtually no traffic in 1981, but then again, there are over 13 million more people in California today than there were in 1981. A million here, a million there and sooner or later it starts to add up!
Finally for today, a few "Then and Now" photos.
Bridge over the Stanislaus River and the New Malones reservoir from CA Hwy 49 - circa 1981 (left) and 2006
Ron awakens in Yosemite on the morning of Day 2 of the tour
circa 1981 (left) and 2006
posted by Matt Lewis at 2:35 AM
1 Comments:
The 81 shots vs the 06 shots are awesome. Great idea!
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