Sacramento to Yosemite
1582 miles so far.
After staying at a bnb where i was told to be in bed at 9pm... I stayed with a sane person in Santiago. Getting the bike out in the morning was a squeeze tho...
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I head south and west to visit the sights of the Yosemite valley.
The pain stretches ahead and in the distance the mountain becons...
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As does this chap
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I arrive at a heavenly hacienda style bnb
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Cold beer on a bed of ice sir? Errrmm I can almost hear a harp gliss in the backgound.
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View with swimming pool and we can throw in a hummingbird
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Ran by Robert and Mary Ann, it's just perfect.
A final bit of fix up on the bike, new break pads...
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That evening I meet the other guests, Simon, Dasa and Marie from Austria & Slovakia, Simon is studying economics at Berkeley. Another couple Ravi and Liat, on their honeymoon from Israel. Quite the international crowd!
Had a lovely evening all round, here we all are!
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