And so long, room with this view.
We enjoyed our last meal in the dining room.
We hope to come back one day.
We took one last stroll around the hotel after breakfast.
We took a shot of the sitting room from the mezzanine level on our way out.
Wish I could have saved my room key as a souvenir.
True story. I had my souvenir all picked out in the downstairs gift shop. It was a lovely onyx platter. The stone liked to take my breath away. There was good and bad news. The good news, a sign said that the stone came from outside Yosemite. The bad news, as I went to pay for the platter, I learned that the stone not only came from Pakistan, it made there too. Apparently made outside Yosemite means anywhere in the world. At that point the bad news did me in and I did not get the platter.
Guess what? The guys we saw a couple of days ago (at Tunnel View) were at the hotel as we were checking out that morning! Can you believe we ran into them again? Well, I can’t.
Another true story. We had all of our bags piled into the car and ready to go when I realized I left something behind. So I ran up to the room while hubby waited. While I was gone, hubby heard familiar voices carrying on across the way (about 20 or so feet away). Hubby said. “You guys guests here? We don’t allow riff-raff around here.” While hubby caught the boys off guard, they quickly remembered him and got chuckle out of it.
We exchanged info and plan to keep in touch. Our friends, yes, that’s you Joe, Tom and Mike. If you’re reading this, we trust all is well. And if you’re ever in the San Diego area, please let us know. We would love to see you again. This was such a total unexpected treat to bump into them again. Hey Mike, we missed you, wish we could have said hello to you too. We hope you were getting some amazing shots of that tree…
Joe, me and Tom
We stopped at Tunnel View one last time before we pulled away from the park. It just seemed the right thing to do.
Then we drove up the road to see the Sequoia’s at Mariposa Grove.
It was the first time for me to see these beautiful trees.
The “Grizzly Giant” behind me is the 25th largest giant sequoia living today. The circumference at the ground is 96.5 feet = It’s HUGE and pix don’t do justice.
Hubby and the Grizzly Giant.
After our little hike and visit with the Sequoia’s, it was time to hit the road. It was time to go home and we were ready.
I can’t lie, I did reach for that pillow in the backseat and I did close my eyes and I did fall asleep on our way home.
We made it home safe and sound sometime around 9 o’clock in the evening. The good news, we still had the weekend around home sweet home to rest up before the work week. I love that we plan at least a day or two at the end of each trip to rest up before work.
This concludes Hubby’s 50th Birthday, an amazing week filled with lots of fun and great memories.
Blessings – Debbie