Change of Plans - Move on to Patterson CA

We had originally planned to drive the Tioga Pass (or at least part of it) this morning.  While the weather was o.k. for today, it was not looking too good for Friday, the day we were coming back down the mountain.

I talked with Chuck and then we talked with Ken and Bonnie and we all came to the conclusion to go ahead and leave Yosemite Lakes RV Park today.  We had seen most (if not all) of what we wanted to see at Yosemite and really did not want to drive down the mountain in rain tomorrow or Friday.

Bonnie and I went to the office to see if they would refund our camping fees for the two remaining nights which they did.  It must be time to move on!

We have had a great time at Yosemite and it is beautiful beyond description but with the long days of driving to go anywhere and not having cell service or internet except the campground's limited WiFi, we were all ready for a change.

We got all packed up and left the campground around 11 am.  We drove what seemed like forever (but was only about 20 miles) before we reached the extremely curvy, windy road down the mountain which we were dreading just a little bit.

Fortunately, the descent (elevation) was not as bad as we had remembered.  It is just a very curvy road to be going down in a motorhome towing a car.  Ken and Chuck drove the mountain without any problems whatsoever.  Woohoo!

I purposely didn't get my camera out because I wanted to help Chuck watch around the curves for oncoming traffic.  I did take a couple of shots with my iPhone as we were getting closer to the bottom.  Ken and Bonnie are in the red circles.

Once we had internet, I began looking for campground possibilities between where we were and San Benito RV Resort in Paicines, CA.  I realized that Kit Fox RV Park where we had stayed overnight 2 years ago was about halfway plus they accept Passport America so the sites were 50% off !   I called them and they had 2 remaining pull-through sites available.

We stopped at a couple of fruit stands near Escalon and bought some delicious strawberries and other fruit. By 2 pm, we had arrived at Kit Fox RV Park.

We had considered maybe doing a day trip from San Benito RV Park to San Francisco but we are actually closer here in Patterson.  We checked with the office and found out we could stay two nights.  Tomorrow, we are going to do a day trip to do a little exploring around San Francisco.

We all sat outside and enjoyed the nice weather for a few minutes before eating dinner.  We are still amazed by those brown-grass hills.

The sunset over those brown-grass hills was quite pretty tonight.

After dinner, we got back together for a game of Pinochle (guys won), SkipBo (girls won), and LCR (guys won best 2 out of 3).

We were very thankful for our safe journey down the mountain and are very grateful for cell service again!  :)