Once at the gallery met up with the other walkers and our guide, Christine. The walk went through to Cook’s Meadow to take advantage of the good light. We spent about 90 minutes hearing about the history of the park, Ansel Adams and getting some general advice on taking pictures and using cameras. It was kept quite simple but interesting and it was useful to have some expert knowledge about how to capture pictures of the park.
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| Tree Trunk, Cook Meadow |
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| Yosemite Reflections |
It was an hour’s drive to get back to Buck Meadows (Pop. 50) where I had been staying but then I could carry on down the mountain road and across California. It was a hot day the scenery was quite arid. It was at this point I noticed I was getting very low on fuel, but fortunately I arrived at a town with the fuel gauge just entering the red. Once on the road again more and more cars joined the roads. I stopped off for a break at Hayward then again at the Redwood Regional Park just outside San Francisco. This second break was to see some more Redwoods and also to let the traffic die down on the Bay bridge. The park has some second and third generation Redwoods i.e. trees that have grown up from the trees cut down in the mid nineteenth century as San Francisco was being built. The shade from the trees was quite welcome from the hot sun of the day. It also meant I would be able to get the off peak toll and save $2!
The drive into San Francisco was spectacular as the sun was just setting and the downtown skyscrapers and the Golden Gate bridge were silhouetted against the western sky. Once in the city it seemed to have become quite dark very quickly but using the GPS I made my way to the Pacific Heights Inn.
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