Central Valley Sunset

[mr_lebowski]

11. I know exactly where you mean, you walk out the Dining Room, hang a right and it's right there

Did you check out upstairs, and see the little mini-museum they got up there?

That room your talking about w/the grand fireplace is one of the greatest places in the world, esp. when it's snowy and cold, but clear and sunny. It's an amazing place to hang out and read or just look out the windows.

We weren't staying there, we just drove in for lunch ... my folks have a house about 40 miles from the gate ... if you came up from Merced you would've gone up the 120 and right through the town where it is, called Groveland. It's the real old-timey looking town that crowds right up against the road, about 20 minutes above Lake Don Pedro. And it's the last town of any size before you get to the Park.

Me and my cousins and their kids walked from the Hotel up to Mirror Lake after lunch. That's a really cool little walk/short hike.

Nothing like Yosemite in Winter. Though all the seasons there also definitely have their charms ... it's magical indeed.

Trippy, that pic makes the dining room like longer and narrower than it really is ...