250914 - ..
250915 - Went through the museum and the Information Center. Liked the
250916 - Information Center best. The museum has fascinating artifacts and
250917 - pictures of Indian life that preceeded, and then concurrent with
250918 - development of the park.
250920 - ..
250921 - The Information Center shows the history of Yosemite Valley as a
250922 - tourist attraction, beginning in 1864 with President Lincoln signing
250923 - the law that designatve Yosemite as the first national park.
250925 - ..
250926 - There is a huge relief map showing the Half Dome trail.
250928 - ..
250929 - Most fascinating is the history and pictures of visitors beginning in
250930 - the 1850's, coming to Yosemite Valley for vacations from around the
250931 - world. They rode horses and took covered wagons from San Francisco or
250932 - Los Angeles. Seems like it would have taken a month just to get up
250933 - and back.
250935 - ..
250936 - In the afternoon, we rode a shuttle bus to the Awhanhee hotel. The
250937 - driver said to get off at the General Store for the Awhanhee, so we
250938 - did.
250940 - ..
250941 - Went into the General Store and bought 2 souvenier shirts on hiking
250942 - Half Dome.
250944 - ..
250945 - A store clerk said she did Half Dome a few days ago. She got up the
250946 - Sub Dome swishbacks, but could not do the cables. Someone on the hike
250947 - yesterday, mentioned this is fairly common, reported on 130918 0620.
250948 - ref SDS 27 6T4G
250950 - ..
250951 - Turned out the General Store is a mile or so from the hotel, so we
250952 - walked the rest of the way. Can't imagine why the bus driver said to
250953 - get off at the General Store for the Awhanhee hotel??
250955 - ..
250956 - Enjoyed the Awhanhee. There is a huge sitting room. We rested and
250957 - talked for about 30 minutes listening to a piano player.
250959 - ..
250960 - The dining room is also very big.
250962 - ..
250963 - There is an outside bar. We had a drink to celebrate the Half Dome
250964 - hike yesterday, continue the tradition Ross set with the hike on
250965 - 950916 0700. ref SDS 10 NN82
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250969 - ..
250970 - There is a large lawn area. A deer wandered from a meadow onto the
250971 - lawn foraging for dessert or something.
250973 - ..
250974 - Several guests, including a few children walked out toward the deer to
250975 - take pictures. The deer was very calm, letting people get within 5'
250976 - or so. At one point, the deer bolted toward a child. The mother
250977 - snatched her little son or daughter quickly out of harms way.
250979 - ..
250980 - Kathy walked out to get a picture of people taking pictures of the
250981 - deer.
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250985 - ..
250986 - Discussed continuing Ross' tradition to have steak dinner after the
250987 - Half Dome hike, reported on 940917 0742. ref SDS 2 HC30 So, instead
250988 - of spagetti at the Food Court, this evening we had steak at the
250989 - Mountain Room Restaraunt.
250991 - ..
250992 - Slept much better tonight.
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