18-23 October
The night of October 18, we arrived in Oakland. We stayed with Fred's sister Sue and her husband Eric in Rockridge, an awesome neighborhood in the north side of the city. After being in the wild country of Yosemite, it was comforting to be met with great bakeries, coffee shops, markets & cafes here. We ate at the delectable Zachary's Pizza first thing when we got into town. How much we appreciated that hot rich tomato pesto pizza and beer! In stupid yuppie poser Berkeley, my wallet was stolen -- the thief threw it into the street after taking the cash, driver's license, and brand new expensive National Parks Pass, but left the credit cards! This added an extra waste of time making phone calls to cancel credit cards and a dreadful trip to the DMV. We visited two of my great aunts who live in Berkeley and Pacifica near Rockaway Beach. We also saw the very interesting San Fransisco Maritime Historic Park with the ocean-going tug Herculues. Civilization was nice for five days but we look forward to Point Reyes!
14 Oct 2007 Departure: First stop Manzanar en route to Yosemite National Park
14-18 October
After weeks of organizing and moving stuff into storage, we finally left San Clemente/ Huntington Beach. Our first stop was a few hours away up the 395 into the Eastern Sierras - Manzanar, site of a WWII Japanese Internment Camp. The museum was very well done and quite moving, definitely worth a trip for anyone who lives in Southern
California. 
Next it was on to the much anticipated Yosemite National Park.
After weeks of organizing and moving stuff into storage, we finally left San Clemente/ Huntington Beach. Our first stop was a few hours away up the 395 into the Eastern Sierras - Manzanar, site of a WWII Japanese Internment Camp. The museum was very well done and quite moving, definitely worth a trip for anyone who lives in Southern
California. 
Next it was on to the much anticipated Yosemite National Park. We spent our first night at Millpond Recreation Area, near Bishop, woke up with the sunrise the next morning and it was off to Yosemite!
When we entered the park at Tioga Pass, leisurely drove through on the 120 and stopped at Olmsted Point for my first step into Yosemite. Our three day stay here included a good amount of time in the Valley where we took an outdoor watercolor class, saw a Chiura Obata exhibit, regional Native American culture exhibit in the museum. We hiked through some breathtaking scenery complete with wildlife and after some frigid and wet weather, we took ourselves and sketchbooks to the Ahwahnee Hotel and warmed up in the Solarium to prepare for another cold night in Camp 4. Some additional highlights were the impressive Tuolumne Grove on our drive out, the hike to Columbia Rock, and the Camp 4 ranger who consistently preferred that we not pay for our camp site!
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