Re: A Very British Trip Report - California 2005 - Day 8

In article <ia99h19fr6ukvr6qi72st72lhtmo9tbqs7@xxxxxxx>,
<kevin.stringer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Tam asks about laundry facilities only to be told that there are
>none. This is really surprising. There wasn't a laundry at Curry Camp
>either. I suppose I'm so used to staying in nice hotels with every
>facility for the guest that this comes as a bit of a shock.

FWIW, there are laundromats just down the road from Camp Curry at
Housekeeping Camp (aka Curry Housekeeping).

>A TV and telephone completes the feeling that we are back in the
>civilised world. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or not.

Yeah, I had mixed feelings when I saw a TV in my room a few months
ago, too.

>We have been seeing signs all over the valley floor showing the height
>of the floodwaters. It must have decimated most of the lodging and
>housing. The signs show the floodwaters about 6 feet above road level.

For anyone who wants to visit some of the high-water marks in a somewhat
organized fashion, there's a nice virtual geocache called "Yosemite Valley
High Water--The 100 Year Flood." Details at:

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?id=48923

(And, of course, that gives me an excuse to mention my Yosemite Valley
geology virtual geocache, "Stories in the Rocks." Details on it are at
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?id=115019.)

>Walking back to the room we look up at the skies. We have been looking
>at the night sky every night during our stay at Yosemite. I presume it
>is the lack of artificial light around the place, but I have never
>seen so many stars. There are thousands upon thousands of them.

It's gorgeous, isn't it?


Patty

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