Bodie State Historic Park - Bodie Rd & Bypass Rd Bodie, CA 93517
Charming gold mining ghost town, which once had a population of 10,000 odd souls. You can wander down the streets, amoung the now deserted churches, homes, schools etc, all made from wood and many still standing. It's an impressive place see:
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It's open year round, but visit during summer, unless you pack a snowmobile.
Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve - Hwy 395 Lee Vining, CA 93541
Come see the tufa formations, the prehistoric looking shrimp and the birds that feed on them. There's swarms of flies that sit on the waters edge, and won't come to annoy you. If you wave your foot near them, they make groovy cloud formations.
Yosemite National Park, CA 95389 from 26/7/2006:
We came in over the Tioga Pass. It's a destination in itself for motorbikers. The twisty road leads through the mountains into Yosemite, climbing a few thousand feet. (Passable only in summer.)
World famous heritage, filled with high mountains, streams, lakes, glacially scraped mountains, crazy boulders, exfoliating spherical stone. Lots of things to see in every direction.
It seems like there's more traffic here than on Market St.
Iron Door Saloon 18761 Main St Groveland, CA 95321
Groveland is an amazing litlle town, full of personality and interesting buildings. The Iron Door is a must see pub, with historical pictures of people taking horse and carriages into Yosemite. You can get some good food here, I think.
We're exhausted after an early start and a huge day of sightseeing, so we stop at the first bar we see, and start drinking. The barman tells us what the blood alcohol limit is here for driving, so we figure let's stay, and proceed to get smashed. The students we are about to meet at the teepee hotel end up here too, and there's some band playing, so we're set for a hangover and a great night.
It was The Wingnut Adams Blues Band....featuring Jeramy Norris - see them if you get the chance; it's redneck blues and huge fun.
Groveland Motel 18933 Main Groveland, CA 95321 rated 26/7/2006
Do you have any rooms left? We're incapable of driving. No, she says, but we have some teepees. Meeting some poverty stricken students, they laugh that they choose to stay because of their budget. We have to stay because we have no choice.
The teepee is very comfy, and even has electrical power inside. You can see the sky through the top. What happens when it rains? Waking up in the morning in a teepee is one of the strangest experiences in my drinking life.
The drive to San Francisco is unremarkable, except for a windfarm, Dublin which looks weird and the huge freeway flyovers.
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