I really like how it turned out. At least I can check it off the list as "Completed". Thank goodness.
We just got back from a week in Yosemite. We left at 4 a.m. on Friday, July 13. We left in the dark because Zoe absolutely hates being in the car, so we figured if she slept in the dark it would make traveling that much easier, and it did. Because we left so early, we stopped in Groveland for breakfast, then played at the park for awhile before continuing to the park. We arrived at our campsite at 11:30 and it was vacant, so we set up camp. Headed to the river after lunch. Then later that day, people were coming in saying it took them forever to get into the park because they had closed Hwy 140 due to a fire. So the next morning when we woke up, the valley was full of smoke from that fire (Ferguson Fire). It continued that way for the next 6 days. It cleared out some at night, but way too smoky during the day. And it was awfully humid as well. Ron and Jarrod's family arrived at the park on Saturday, as they had a site for a week also, just a day after ours. Ron had flown Wes down from Spokane so he could join everyone at Yosemite as well, so Aria had a blast all week playing with her cousins, Wes, Gavin, Braden and Rylynn. Then on Tuesday, Scott's birthday, Scott climbed Half Dome for the first time. He had an easy climb, but when he got to the top, of course because of the smoke, he couldn't see very far. He took what pictures he could but was very disappointed. Thursday, Brian and Keith joined us. It was nice to see them both. So we put up with the smoke until Thursday evening, then packed up and headed home. But it was so nice to be able to spend time in that cold Merced River, as always. I love that river.
So we left the park around 8 on Thursday...we would have left Friday by noon anyway. So we get about 1 hour outside of the park, and the truck engine light went on and we broke down. The power steering pump broke, and a belt came off. Scott tried to fix things for about 45 minutes (in the total dark), to no avail. Not one car stopped to help us, so Nettie walked down the hill with a flashlight in the dark, and when she came back told us down at the bottom of the hill was a Cal Fire station. So we coasted down there and pulled onto that road. Just as Nettie and Scott were walking toward the building we saw a car was coming out. It was the last 2 guys heading home for the day, so we were thankful/lucky that we caught them. They let Scott use their land line and he called a taxi and a tow truck. Finally the tow truck came, put the truck onto the bed, and took us all into Groveland, dropped us at the Groveland Motel for the night, and took the truck to their repair yard in Big Oak Flat, just down the road. Scott was told the truck would be ready on Tuesday. We ended up staying at the motel for 2 nights. Saturday morning when Ron and Wes drove out of Yosemite, Ron stopped at the motel and picked up Scott and drove him to Manteca to get a rental car. He then came back and picked us all up and we headed home. It was so good to get home, we were all exhausted on Sunday, but have recouped in the meantime. Then on Tuesday, Scott had work training in Murphy's, caught a ride with Steve, and Steve drove Scott to Big Oak Flat to pick up the truck. Then Scott stayed in Murphy's for training, and came home today.
Now I'm getting ready for my next craft show in Martinez, so I have posted a picture of a mini photo album I have started working on. I have lots to do before August 19, so it's time to get off of here and back to work...hope you like what you see. I'll post the final when complete.
So that't it for now...be back soon.
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