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05 May 2008, 2:52 pm

Hmmm. Thanks. Will check that out. What I'm seeing so far is that a motel room would run us about $130 a night and give us a continental breakfast (i.e., toast, cold cereal, coffee). A B&B would run us about $115-$150 a night with a full breakfast (pancakes, eggs, meat, coffee, etc) and some privacy. Will have to check out all options. Hoping to find some little place in some backwater where it's really quiet and we can sit out under a tree and stare at the sky or something, after visiting Yosemite.



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05 May 2008, 2:52 pm

Nan, I couldn't remember your vacation dates. But this link gives you a virtual tour and you can check availability and rates.

Best Western Yosemite



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05 May 2008, 3:07 pm

From June 7 until we get back, or June 15th, whichever is later. :)

We're thinking of going to Yosemite (day 1), spend at least one full day there (day 2), then the next day going over towards SF for a day (day 3), then up to the redwoods or over to the ocean (day 4 & 5) then back down the coast (days 6 & 7). I know of some Hostels we can stay at part of the time (there used to be a nice one in Morro Bay/San Luis Obispo) but we want to stay in nice places the rest of the time. I found one that's up sorta near Sacramento, but still in the mountains, that was an old hotel built during the gold rush. Supposed to come with a hotel ghost. No more expensive, really, than going to the Best Western, etc. so we may go there for one or two nights. It comes with a full breakfast, not a continental one (muffins and coffee).

I always wanted to see the redwoods, but we may have to do that another time as this is covering a LOT of ground. Especially if we want to go into San Francisco proper. The traffic in and out was a killer the last time, and I got stuck in traffic on the lower-level of that damned bridge that had collapsed during the earthquake and was having a minor coronary for the half-hour it took us to get off of it. (I hate bridges, anyway).

Maybe will reverse the trip. Go to SLO and the hostel the first night (if we survive LA traffic), then go to Hearst's Castle the next day, then over towards Yosemite. Dunno yet. Some permutation of same. It's like we could either stay on the coast and see the redwoods, or detour over and see Yosemite again and not go to the redwoods. Might have to drop the Yosemite part and do that in the winter when it's less crowded and cheaper.

Gas is high, but airfare is higher, and we have a decent car, so.... ROAD TRIP!



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05 May 2008, 3:09 pm

Hmmmm... Check this out. There's a blog spot somewhere on this site where you can hear from people who have been there. Page for transportation too. Rates seem decent.
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05 May 2008, 3:11 pm

Whatever you decide, Nan, I hope you will have a wonderful time. Your plans sound exciting. I hope it's your best vacation ever for both you and Sarah.



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05 May 2008, 3:18 pm

cosmiccat wrote:
Hmmmm... Check this out. There's a blog spot somewhere on this site where you can hear from people who have been there. Page for transportation too. Rates seem decent.
Yosemite Bug


Ah, yeah. The Bug Hostel. We stayed there back in 1996 (seemed like the 1960s). It was in the process of morphing from an old hippie haven to a hostel. We went at Christmas time and I remember the plumbing was backing up in their yard and stank! BUT, the people there were nice, we met a lot of folks from all over, and we stayed in the hostel proper for (I think) $12 each per night. It's been sold, and has gone upscale, and they've added some new facilities. Not a bad place. Not far from Mariposa, either, where there are some killer breakfasts to be had. And close to the Park proper. Hmmmm.

Something to consider again, to be sure. But this time I want a private room so I can relax. I remember the trees were lovely, and the kid had never seen snow like that. Little stinker plastered me in the back of the head with a snowball when I was getting our backpacks outa the trunk of the car and I couldn't catch her to do paybacks. :lol:



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05 May 2008, 3:24 pm

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Whatever you decide, Nan, I hope you will have a wonderful time. Your plans sound exciting. I hope it's your best vacation ever for both you and Sarah.


Thanks! It's not seeing the castles in England, but it's a road trip and you can't go wrong with a road trip when you got the cooler in the back seat and have it full of ice and stuff and you just grab a map and say "where do we go today?" and then just go! 'Specially if you have a good "mix" of road music playing on the CD player. We haven't been able to do one of these, really, since 1996 and that was only for a few days at Christmastime that year. We had to bypass going to a lot of the tourist trap places (Moaning Caverns, the Mystery Spot, Ralphs Racoon Extravaganza, etc.) to get to a friend's house on schedule and we were running on a wingandaprayer as far as finances went (we got back home with like 35 cents left). This year we can just go, and hit all the backroad kinda places you find like you find on old Route 66 (which is definitely the way to go, if you ever have to go cross-country - avoid the interstate, hit the history trail. Amazing stuff from a byegone era there) and stuff. Radiator Springs, here we come!

Maybe we'll pan for gold again, in the American River. Kid actually got a tiny nugget, last time. :D (Oh my. She WAS a kid the last time. We should do this more often.)

This will be good. Maybe we'll rent a tent from the rec center here and stay a night or two at some campgrounds. I dunno, though. I'm game for it but the kid will want the wireless internet and indoor plumbing. I don't think my handing her a bucket and telling her to use it in the tent would suffice as indoor plumbing....

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05 May 2008, 4:07 pm

I got my $600.00 rebate from Uncle Sugar.....
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05 May 2008, 4:21 pm

Mostly lurking between chaotic stints at two part-time jobs (I do what I can to fulfill the spectrumite stereotype). Mostly just want to send out my appreciation at being able to read conversation that my gut tells me is flowing "normally". It can be very, very calming and it can help shape me up for going out to face the faces.

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05 May 2008, 4:54 pm

Glad you are enjoying the conversation, skeeterhawk. It does flow normally, though sometimes it is a bit insane!

But there is no small talk. What a relief!


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05 May 2008, 5:13 pm

Amen Sister Nan! Amen!



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05 May 2008, 5:15 pm

Or to be more accurate:

Amen, sister Nanarob! Amen!



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05 May 2008, 7:29 pm

About that check from Uncle Sugar...
I tried calling the 800 number, only to get a recording telling me that call volumes are high, and to try back later. Three times. I mailed my return in February. Can't understand how they can have no record of it.


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05 May 2008, 8:10 pm

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Do you work in a museum, Zonder? It would be my son-in-law's dream job.


Yup - it's the one job I found I really enjoyed. I've done lots of curating, exhibit development, and building restoration. What type of museum would your s-i-l like to work in?

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What type of museum do you work in? And what do you do there now?


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05 May 2008, 8:20 pm

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Tomorrow I'm going to see the Frida Kahlo exhibit with my two daughters and great grandson. My great grandson, Blaze, is an artist. Six years old and lives for art. First thing in the morning and last thing at night he is working on or thinking about a work of art. He roots through the trash cans at school (he is in kindergarten) for materials such as lunch bags and cardboard, straws, etc., anything he can make into something else. My daughter never knows what she is going to find in his backpack. He makes very neat costumes for my daughter's two little dogs. He makes them out of paper and fabric that he tapes or staples together after first drawing a sketch and then a pattern. Capes, hats, jackets and pants. The school psychologist thinks he has Asperger's and he is being evaluated for it. Duh. I told my daughter that he had it (last year when I learned about Asperger's for the first time) and so does his father (my first grandchild).

It seems Blaze likes to make up stories (as I did when I was a child and still do only now I stay out of trouble for story telling by calling my stories fiction. :roll: :D My great grandson likes to draw the human body (and not so human bodies) and recently asked my daughter if he could see her "boobs". When she told him no, he said "Well how am I supposed to learn about anatomy?" She got him an anatomy book. When he learned about Frida Kahlo and saw some of her paintings in an art book and then heard that she was coming to Philadelphia, he said "I would love to see those paintings in the art museum" so we sent for tickets.

Frida Kahlo - Short Bio :D


That's interesting that you two are so into creativity. As for me, I went to college in the hopes of becoming a novelist and took writing classes. I used to love to write stories. I have a pretty active imagination.

I once wrote a story about a guy trapped in a house with a ghost that is trying to kill him. I gave him a mysterious ability to cure himself, making it a flat-out slasher story with only one victim (he get diced up over and over again).

And I do miss blessed_mom :cry:

Does anyone know if she's okay :cry:?


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05 May 2008, 8:21 pm

Hey MorningAfter,

I work in a history museum that also has quite a bit of art and a couple of house museums. I was the curator for over a decade. Right now I'm the director but am planning on leaving the museum in January to hopefully do some consulting. I have had a lot of experience planning exhibits and building restoration/furnishing and I'd like to do that more than the administrative work that I currently do.

Z