Yosemite

While at Fort Bragg, Tom was doing his usual safety check on the Beach House and discovered that our front right tire is wearing unevenly.  So our first order of business was to have that checked out on Tuesday after Labor Day.  So it was up and over the mountains on yet another twisty, winding road, posted as 55 mph but really not possible in an RV at more than about 35 mph.  

Except for logging trucks, but they take up both lanes on the corners, which is about every 100 yards.  One hour to drive the 36 miles over the mountains to Ukiah.   Then a stop at the tire place, where we confirmed it is likely a camber problem, not an alignment issue.  

So after that delay, we hit the road for Yosemite.  More country highway at this point, and we went through Napa and Sonoma.  No visible evidence of the earthquake in the towns we went through, but we did not go into down town Napa.   We made good time until we got to Priest Grade.  Here is an image I borrowed from the internet:

Yep, more twisting and winding roads.  It took us two and a half hours to travel about 90 miles, but the good thing about that was at the end of it we had this view. 

And our wooded campsite had this

We were so exhausted after the long day of just getting there that we turned in early and conked out around 8:30.

The next day we decided to simply drive the scooter around the valley and take in some of our favorite sights.

This is looking back down the valley towards El Capitan, the largest granite monolith in the world.

We sat out on the patio at the Awahnee Hotel and this deer family showed up to mow the lawn.

Check out the still visible spots on the fawns.

It was a good day to sit and do not much but look at the grandeur.  It was also hot, about 92, which made us very happy to sit in the shade, watch the birds and the grass sway and eat an ice cream bar from the deli.