What a beautiful drive!! Yosemite is stunning

When I was stalled on the manuscript for Bull Canyon, Larry urged me on by saying, "Finish it and I promise to help you promote it on a long winding road trip across America."  So here we are, after flying for 13 hours from New Zealand, we spent a wonderful evening and night with my very pregnant neice and her husband, then headed north in a rented car to pick up Brownie Lite, our touring Toyota and camper. Then we set off bound for Cris Todds home in Groveland, on the entrance road to Yosemite.  After a warm reunion and far too little time with Cris, we set off through Yosemite, and up the spectacular Tioga Pass toward Nevada.  Now I know why this is one of the most popular national parks in the world.  Stunning vistas at every turn, wildflowers carpeting the meadows, bleak sheer rock faces – quiet roads as soon as you are a mile past popular stopping places.  I feel privileged to be meandering across the country with our own little turtle shell. As we try to do when we are cruising, we have allowed plenty of time – 4 weeks to cover 3000 miles. But the way we keep stopping to look at the views, lisen to the rivers run, watch the deer, I wonder if that will be enough time to reach our destination and get ready for boatshows and bookstore visits.

P.S. There is a pic of Brownie Lite in the post labeled Northbound.