I am driving to Yosemite from Phoenix, Arizona and I was wondering where good places are to stay about 2 hours outside of the park, specifically nice areas/towns to visit. It is a 13 hour drive from here, so I plan to drive around 11 hours Saturday May 9th and arrive in Yosemite May 10th. I will not be camping so wilderness is out of the question.
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Re: Nice towns to stop for the night
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April 30, 2009 12:45PM |
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Oakhurst is going to be the quickest way in by far.
If it were me I'd put the padal thru the metal going thru Fresno and
find something in Oakhurst. My inlaws stayed there once and they
liked it...
Head in on 41 and check out the Mariposa Grove and then Wawona
before going into Yosemite Valley.
I'm not that into quaint but it seems like a nice town. At least they
got fast food goodness (you'll have to look at the Backpacking food
to know I'll eat anything) (I mean KFC... mmm...)
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If it were me I'd put the padal thru the metal going thru Fresno and
find something in Oakhurst. My inlaws stayed there once and they
liked it...
Head in on 41 and check out the Mariposa Grove and then Wawona
before going into Yosemite Valley.
I'm not that into quaint but it seems like a nice town. At least they
got fast food goodness (you'll have to look at the Backpacking food
to know I'll eat anything) (I mean KFC... mmm...)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/30/2009 04:02PM by bill-e-g.
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April 30, 2009 04:11PM |
I just meant I wouldn't stop in Fresno.
April 30, 2009 04:16PM |
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I just meant I wouldn't stop in Fresno.
I know. But it was a good opening to mention the CHP on 41.
April 30, 2009 04:35PM |
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I just meant I wouldn't stop in Fresno.
I stopped in Fresno. In summer during the daytime. Once I removed my flammable gas canisters out of the car to where the was A/C. I didn't want to risk them exploding.
Fresno isn't bad for picking up supplies or getting gas. All the major discount chains are there, and there is an REI store. I don't really know of many good places to eat there, but for me the Elephant Bar Restaurant was a fairly reliable chain.
I don't know if the original poster is into casinos, but there is the Chukchansi Gold Casino near Coarsegold on CA-41. It a few miles south of Oakhurst, and I think the clientele is primarily from the Fresno area. If you want to stay there, they don't seem to have online reservations. Even if you don't gamble, they probably have decent dining options, although some of the reviews of the buffet say that it was a bit gross.
http://www.chukchansigold.com/accommodations/rooms-rates.html
I would say that Oakhurst or Coarsegold are the last places to buy gas, and the prices are about what you'd pay in Fresno. If you get to Mariposa, they've got a Chevron station with higher prices, and the Shell station in El Portal is always through the roof. Of course you could always buy gas inside the park, but I thought it was pricey.
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There's a bridge. It's one of those senior moments.
(maybe his who ha's were wet when he wrote it)
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(maybe his who ha's were wet when he wrote it)
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May 01, 2009 08:58PM |
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There's a bridge. It's one of those senior moments.
(maybe his who ha's were wet when he wrote it)
Maybe he was travelling with two cats that got dropped in the raging torrent.
The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
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There's a bridge. It's one of those senior moments.
(maybe his who ha's were wet when he wrote it)
Note to Self: New entries under the category of Slang
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Ooopsie... I just looked up Who ha.
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(should have not used the plural)
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Ooopsie... I just looked up Who ha.
(should have not used the plural)
Will you be doing a monologue on the subject?
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Ooopsie... I just looked up Who ha.
(should have not used the plural)
Will you be doing a monologue on the subject?
O... I'm pretty quick nowadays... got TV to watch anways.
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I had some choice words... but the wife said I was "pushing the envelope"...
Here's the crossing from Mono Meadow. (the bridge is further downstream... if you really want a picture...)
Here's the crossing from Mono Meadow. (the bridge is further downstream... if you really want a picture...)
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Jeeeez....NOTHING gets by unrecorded by the ^%$#^ cameras!! (said the paranoid person whose blunders reach far beyond dumb questions)
QB
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Jeeeez....NOTHING gets by unrecorded by the ^%$#^ cameras!! (said the paranoid person whose blunders reach far beyond dumb questions)
QB
Any river crossing where there might be shrinkage... gets recorded...
Plus the camera needs to be out in case something really good happens.
And this sixth grader has been chastised a plenty... "you had BETTER NOT take the camera out and follow me!"
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Jeeeez....NOTHING gets by unrecorded by the ^%$#^ cameras!! (said the paranoid person whose blunders reach far beyond dumb questions)
QB
Any river crossing where there might be shrinkage... gets recorded...
Plus the camera needs to be out in case something really good happens.
And this sixth grader has been chastised a plenty... "you had BETTER NOT take the camera out and follow me!"
Uh-oh...(thank gawd the skirt got tucked in the underwear before i Phones, mini digitals, maxi digitals, SLR's, etc. became standard attire.)
May 02, 2009 11:41AM |
The skirt tucking in reference must be a girl thing. I don't get the connection, of coarse I don't get a lot of things in my dotage. (the state of having the intellect impaired, esp. through old age
In case I forget.
Old Dude
In case I forget.Old Dude
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The skirt tucking in reference must be a girl thing. I don't get the connection, of coarse I don't get a lot of things in my dotage. (the state of having the intellect impaired, esp. through old age
In reference to the fact that EVERYthing seems to be recorded by the multitudes of over-active cameras; I was thinking how relieved I was that no one photographed the time on the trail when the bottom of my skirt got caught up in my underwear waistband after pulling myself together, post pee stop.
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