Time: Veterans day weekend
Actors: Ben, Ethel and Noah. Yosie has her own story.
The details of this trip were already told in this link: http://sunnimoreno.blogspot.com/2016/11/love-at-first-sight.html, but other photos of the trip have to be saved to keep them on hand for future reminiscing when the knees have become too weak for this type of activity hence this added story.
Accommodations for a tour of the Yosemite can be inside the park - which is always full and would take months ahead to book and are comparatively expensive than lodging facility in the towns that are outside of the access points of the park.
This trip was actually a spur of the moment decision and so it was quite late for more hotel options. Expedia was helpful in this task and the most feasible suggestion that came out was in this town with 115 population...
an old mining town nestled in the hills
between the great central California valley
and the Sierra mountains. It used to have
Chinese residents - workers in the mines
and highways in the 1800s.
The motel that accommodated us for 2 nights
we arrived at about 4 pm and we
were the first among the day's
were the first among the day's
guests to check in.
two hagibis grandpas unloading the van
...rice cooker with cooked rice, 4 types of
viands (adobo chicken/pork, corned beef,
pinakbet con alamang, fried bulad), biko,
mixed nuts, bananas, cucumber, cherry tomatoes,
asparagus, bread and the stickiest coco jam, red
wine and SMB (we forgot the bottle opener and
had to resort to the bottle against bottle
wine and SMB (we forgot the bottle opener and
had to resort to the bottle against bottle
maneuver pinoy style). the bicycle and cycling
gear have become a permanent fixture in this van
for about 2 months now.
'free' breakfast at the motel
that's the motel at the top of a hill
Oh little town of Coulterville how still we
see thee lie. This photo was taken early the
next morning while most of the residents were
still asleep...
...we took a stroll around town and
chanced upon this timid doe.
did this spot remind them of their marriage vow -
"till death do us part?"
a mini locomotive used to transport ore
in the mining fields.
this abandoned hotel stands as a monument of man's greed
and deceit. it is also a bottomless pit of intrigue
and mind-boggling tales of mischievous spirits.
one of the several tunnels we had to go through
of course... the light at the end of the tunnel
one of the many kilig poses...
...and weird poses...
...with unusual results.
the highway home and back to reality. Until next trip...bye!
gear have become a permanent fixture in this van
for about 2 months now.
the room
that's the motel at the top of a hill
see thee lie. This photo was taken early the
next morning while most of the residents were
still asleep...
chanced upon this timid doe.
The next photos expressively portray a love affair that has sweetened through the years. At this point Noah was silently wishing Jo Ann of ark was present.
"till death do us part?"
in the mining fields.
and deceit. it is also a bottomless pit of intrigue
and mind-boggling tales of mischievous spirits.
Gorgeous scenes in the Yosemite park...
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