A big day - 438 actual miles; 8 hours 5 minutes.
It has been 43 years (May 1972) since I drove Tioga Road/Hwy 120 through Yosemite - what a Great Road! There is a turnout at Olmsted Point - it offers a view into Tenaya Canyon. This view looks southwest into the valley, giving, in particular, a view of the northern side of Half Dome:
and a view of Tenaya Lake to the east:
The site is named after landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.
The beauty at, and the beauty of, Tenaya Lake:
You then pass through Tuolumne Meadows:
and max out at Tioga Pass:
East of Yosemite you continue down a beautiful valley:
ending up down at Mono Lake:
Wendy took over the driving for the next 2-1/2 hours up to Reno, Nevada:
A month-or-so ago, my ArtFixDaily email newsletter mentioned The Nevada Museum of Art, and its new exhibit: TAHOE: A Visual History, which includes works by Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Hill, William Keith and Thomas Moran!
Thomas Moran - Lake Tahoe, 1879, watercolor:
Albert Bierstadt - View of Donner Lake, California, 1871-72:
Hiram Reynolds Bloomer - Untitled [Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe], 1873:
It is a Great exhibit; the book, unfortunately, costs $75 in the Book Shop.
A dust storm in the distance, on 395 back in California
and Wendy at the Church in time for the 7 PM Worship Service!
which was ROCKING:
WOW - Thank You GOD for a Great Day!
Music today:
Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead (1970)
Grateful Dead - American Beauty (1970)
"Friend of the Devil" lyrics:
I lit up from Reno
I was trailed by twenty hounds
Didn't get to sleep that night
Till the morning came around
Garland Jeffreys - American Boy & Girl (1979)
a lot of other music, but I gotta go
No comments:
Post a Comment