7.30am on the road checking at the fuel station before our first fill up. Unleaded 87 into the hyunda automatic.
We were driving over the Tiagra road, the high road pass through Yosemite. The 60 mile road was built in 1961 and goes over a height of 9000 feet. It gets upto 30 feet of snow which they start to clear in April and finish May/June.
At the top of the pass we stopped at Olmsted point, then Tenaya lake. We had a short walk to take in the stunning scenery and also to appreciate how cold it gets over night. It was 9.30 and there was still frost on the grass. I can now see why the road is closed soon, not for the snow but because of frost.
We dropped out of the hills heading for Lake Tahoe, a beautiful drive overlooked by the Sierra Nevadas. We climbed over 6000 feet again to reach the lake. We made for Taylor Creek where we watched the salmon attempting to asend the river, also spotting a white headed woodpecker. On the trip we had spotted a bald eagle.
While tucking into some cinnamon twists, we decided that a big drive would set us up well. So interstate 80 east we trekked to Elko, Nevada, tomtom saying next turning 280 miles. Chatting to an American reconstruction surgeon on the plane, I'd been told about the website Hot Wire which deals in rooms in really good hotels at knockdown prices. So we tried it so that we had a bed for the night before we got to Elko. At $50 including breakfast we got something better than the first motel at twice the price. Will be using this again.
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