San Francisco, Yosemite, Lake Havasu, Tucson 9/19 – 10/1,2009
Thursday, October 1st, 2009We visited with our Son’s extended family for 3 days in Foster City. We stayed at a RV Park in Half Moon Bay.
One day, we toured wine country with our daughter-in-law’s parents, Geoff and Dianna Wood.
Our daughter, Kim, joined us for 3 days at Yosemite. We came into Yosemite from the south. We stayed at Crane Flat National Park Campground.
We visited Yosemite Valley several times. We hiked to Taft Point which had quite exciting views looking down into the valley far below.
On our final day at Yosemite, we traversed the length of the park to go to Mono Lake. Mono Lake is very similar to the Great Salt Lake in Utah. We went from forest to arid desert. The limestone formations in and near the lake were fascinating to see. On the way back to our campsite, Kim and Fred kayaked in a Yosemite mountain lake. We also hiked down into a sequoia Forrest and back out.
Yosemite and Mono Lake Pictures
Kayaking in Tenaya Lake at Yosemite
When we got back from Yosemite, we parked our camper for 4 nights in an alley behind the house where Kim lives. We stayed at Alex and Elena’s apartment for 3 nights. Our new grandchild, Evelyn, seemed more active when we got back. She really is a delightful baby!
Family Pictures..
Fred got a chance to hit some tennis balls with Alex one afternoon.
Our last night in San Francisco we had dinner in Mountain View with our daughter, Kim. She took us to a Japanese Sabu Sabu restaurant. We ate beef and various veggies cooking them “fondue style” in a mild spicy broth. We noticed that almost all the customers were Japanese.
After breakfast at Kim’s on 9/28, we headed for Tucson to visit Milly’s cousin, Art. We spent the first night boon docking in Mojave Desert. Then we stopped at 2 pm at Lake Havasu State Park for an overnight stay. Lake Havasu City was much larger than we expected. On our way to Tucson, we travelled along the Colorado River. We saw many small retirement communities along the Colorado nestled in the mountains.
As we post this, we are south of Phoenix on Route 10 within an hour of our Tucson destination.
San Francisco, Lake Havasu Pictures