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  Fresno, California
Saturday, May 21, 2011

You can talk to God and listen to his casual reply - John Denver

I have been in nine countries and 42 states, including Hawaii and Alaska.   I have not seen anything anywhere that is as impressive as Yosemite. When we first got in and were staring at the canyons in awe, Don looked at me and said, "Of all of the churches I have been to- this one is my favorite". I'll have to admit that I'm in total agreement on that. 

When you visit, try to enter in the southern entrance and go in on 41.  When you come through the tunnel, you are immediately in Ansel Adams Land.  El Capitan on your left, Half Dome on your right and all the waterfalls and splendor you could ever ask for in every direction.  Of all of the national parks we have been to, this was the most impressive- by a wide margin. 

We had a dickens of a time getting there though.  We were in Lake Tahoe and had to travel back west and south to enter in the west entrance.  Originally, we expected 100 miles and it turned out to be more than 200 and the road snaked around mountain after mountain.  Throw in a few campers and motor homes and you had some really, really slow travel.   I thought to myself at one point- "this place better be good".  It was.   Gary stated out loud that he wasn't sure that the beauty of Yosemite was worth the cost to get there.  It was. 

Turns out, we weren't the only ones that thought that going to Yosemite would be a good idea today.  Everybody else in California and neighboring states had the same idea.  The place was like Disneyworld, only colder.

I try my best to be add something humorous with these posts but I just asked Gary at dinner if he could remember anything funny that happened.  Neither of us could so I'll leave you with this:
A horse walks into a bar, right?...  Bartender says "Hey Pal, why the long face?'

The pictures tell the story better tonight than I ever could.  Enjoy your time at church...

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Urchins at the falls	Road to Yosemite Valley   Comments!	Falls with the river	Yosemite   Comments!
Yosemite   Comments!	El Capitan   Comments!	Pretty waterfalls   Comments!	Half dome. Mine's covered   Comments!
Ansel Adams, eat your heart out   Comments!	Half Dome   Comments!	more falls   Comments!	More of the valley from up high

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