We went from Carson City to Lake Tahoe this morning and drove around so Dana could have a look, then went down 207 then south on 395. All day we took note of the altitude wherever we were and had many "new numbers". We thought we were up pretty high at 7126 feet, then 7437 feet, then 8100 feet, but our top number turned out to be 9917! That was at the gate of Yosemite National Park.
We took 120, the road off of 395 that goes into the park, but only went as far as the gate, which was 12 miles in. The phrase of the day was , "where are the *^(&%$#@ guardrails"?! It was unbelievable. The road is literally hanging off the cliff, and NO guardrail. We came down VERY slowly! We took lots of pictures which I will post tomorrow. They are still on the camera and we got into here late.
We ate dinner in Lone Pine, and decided to come on to Barstow. The road has NOTHING on it. NOTHNG. So we are glad to be here.
I do have some pictures to post here though. They are the ones Dana brought. We had them scanned in Carson City this morning. Here they are. Promise not to laugh!
Dana and Sharon in Wicomico Hall 1964-65
At Dana's between 1968 and 1970
In Syracuse, New York 1977
At Dana's 1981
In Victoria 1992
Yesterday when we were in Reno, we saw many ambulances as we were passing the Renoun Hospital. Also, there was a helicopter about to land - the landing pad is right beside the fence at the street. We knew something pretty big must have happened, but it was not until after I posted last night's blog entry that we found out about the air show disaster and that was the reason for all the emergency vehicles. We just heard a few minutes ago on the news that nine people have now died.
I will post today's pictures tomorrow.
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