Two days of driving brought us to the tiny town of Midpines, CA, near Mariposa and Yosemite NP. On our first trip into Yosemite, we went for a great hike to a small grove of Giant Sequoias. That's where the picture above was taken. We tried to take a shortcut on the way back to our campground; well, you know how shortcuts usually work out! We ended up driving on a very winding road in the dark--not fun. Our second day into the park we took a nice drive to some wonderful vistas. We avoided the valley because of the crowds, but did enjoy seeing some different areas of the park. http://picasaweb.google.com/TxMike3
We left Midpines last Monday, the 17th, and drove across the Mojave Desert. We thought it was funny that the temperatures in Austin were higher than the temps we experienced in the desert! We spent the night in the desert town of Barstow, and the RV park blew a huge breaker, leaving the campers with no AC. And it was hot! Fortunately, there was a small section of the campground that had power, so those of us without generators unhooked and moved. The next long day's drive brought us to Flagstaff, AZ. What wonderful summer weather this city has! 80's in the daytime, 50's at night, and no humidity. We were amazed at the news report from Phoenix that the humidity was high at 27%! Max is, again, having bad hair days. Both dogs are pretty dirty from all the sand we've been in for several days.
Thursday, Mike and Max went for a long walk part way up a mountain by our campground. It was hotter than Mike had anticipated and at one point, Max just sat down! They were pretty beat when they got back. Gracie is not too spry these days, so she and I went for a shorter walk, and played her favorite game of "Find It" here in the RV.
Today we took a van tour of the Grand Canyon. What an experience! I haven't uploaded those pics yet, so will update the blog again soon.
When Jesse saw this pic he said, "wow, your dad's tiny!"
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