My sister, Yvonne, was retired and living in Tucson Arizona. She had always wanted to visit Yosemity and decided to do a holiday with her favorite brother in San Francisco. I bought us a two day trip, we were picked up at a local hotel a block away! The weather was great and after the two day tour, we went around the City and then visited some of my friends that my sister also knew!
Yosemite National Park is in California's Sierra Nevada mountains. It's famed for its giant, ancient sequoia trees, and for Tunnel View, the iconic vista of towering Bridalveil Fall and the granite cliffs of El Capitan and Half Dome. In Yosemite Village are shops, restaurants, lodging, the Yosemite Museum and the Ansel Adams Gallery, with prints of the photographer's renowned black-and-white landscapes of the area.
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Malcolm & Elizabeth - New Zealand
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Yosemity Valley
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El Capitan & Half Dome in the Distance & Nevada Falls on the Right!
Half Dome to the left and Vernal Falls at the Bottom and the Nevada Falls on the Right!
Chuck
We saw reindeer and then the only bear during our drives! Our driver saw this one and it looked like a speck. He had good eyes! I took a few photos with my telephoto lenses and figured there wasn't anything in the photos. Low and behold, was I surprised, I checked out the photos and this is what I saw! Not too bad from a thousand feet away and a small camera!
Nevada Falls
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The Famous Ahwahnee Hotel - $800 a Night Per Room!
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Chuck and Yvonne at the Fourth Tallest Waterfalls in the World!
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Half Dome from the Valley Floor!
Yosemite Falls from the Valley Floor!
Asian Art Museum
Great Food in the Asian Art Museum Cafe!
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Tim & Yvonne! |
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We had lunch just north of Half Moon Bay. The restaurant is Sam's Chowder and Seafood House. - Patti and I met 40 Years Ago Working for Fireman's Fund Insurance in San Francisco. They were the biggest computer center on the west coast with Mainframes to process policies and so on!
align="left"> Yvonne, Gina & Patti
Yvonne, Gina & Chuck!
Beautiful Scenery after Lunch!
> Patti's Great House in the City!
Patti's Mediterranean Garden!
align="middle"> Old Time Buddies - Patti & Chuck
Patti's Multiple Decks full of Flowers and Veggies and Herbs!
The Old Waterworks Building Renovated for the Museum!
Sis Enjoying the View!
We Met Lucas, the Owner of the Asian Art Museum Cafe by accident today - He also Runs this Cafe in the Jewish Museum and we told him we had lunch last week at his other cafe! I was hoping to see him there today!
The Old and the New - The old Waterworks Building from around 1915 and the new Steel Covering of the Additions!
Amtrack to Los Gatos (San Jose) from San Francisco!
Bob, Yvonne, Chuck and Rosemary at the Los Gatos Cafe for Lunch!
Checking out the vineyard and Champagne! Rosemary and I met 20 years ago around 1988 at the Boole & Babbage Software Company in Sunnyvale!
The Huge Deck!
Private Balcony off the Master Bedroom!
Sis on the Steps.
Space.
My Favorite Sister at the Farmer's Market in the Civic Center of San Francisco!
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