Goodbye to Yosemite and Hello to Lake Tahoe!

Jun 30 – Jul 06, Mon – Sun ... One of the highlights of this week was going back to Yosemite Park and going on a 3.75 mile hike, with an 800 ft climb, through Mariposa Grove. The magnificent Sequoia trees are in this area and have been for hundreds of years. What an impressive sight these trees are. Thursday, we moved 22 miles from the Bass Lake park to an Escapees park near Coarsegold, CA. This is a very nice, quiet and friendly park made up of mostly retirees. On Friday, Independence Day, a complimentary barbeque lunch was served in the large park clubhouse. We met some nice people at our table; people who used to travel as much as we do but can no longer because of age or health issues. So today, while Dixie does laundry, Mike will do the necessary engine checks before our departure tomorrow, Saturday. That’s when we begin our journey to South Lake Tahoe to be a part of the Celebrity Golf Tournament July 8 – 13. Our first night on the road will be at a Walmart in Placerville, Ca. It’s about 60 miles from our destination. Well, the Placerville overnight didn’t work out. There were signs in the parking lot prohibiting RV’s from overnighting. Dixie called the park where we were booked for Sunday and they suggested staying at one of the casinos in South Lake Tahoe. With that information, after a bit of Walmart shopping, we continued the 65 trip to SLT. The drive is at times steep and very curvy on highway 50. The trip starts out at approximately 2,000 ft above sea level and ends at over 7,000 ft at the summit. Then it’s downhill for 4 miles to Lake Tahoe. We spent Saturday night in the back parking lot, along with about 10 other rv’s, at the Montbleu Casino.
On Sunday we moved to “Campground on the Lake”. We decided to stay here only the one night and then move to the Horizon Casino which is just across the street from the golf course. We didn’t have any hookups at the campground and have to pay $23 a nite so we decided to save a few $$ and have the convenience of being within walking distance to the tournament.