waldo
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To make a long story short, my wife, daughter and I, along with another family, took our motorhomes on vacation. Most of you would say, "Yeah, so...", but keep in mind, we were venturing forth in a 31' Mini-Wini, that hadn't been used in a little over seven years. It had been sittin' idle, in my driveway, with only minimal maintainence being done for all that time.
I'll refrain from boring you with the details, but luckily, the only "major" fixes that needed to be done were yankin' out the old microwave, puttin' in a new one and replacing all six tires. The rest was catchin' up on all the delayed maintainence...
Our "break-in" journey took us from sunny Southern California to Yosemite National Forest, a round trip of a bit over 1,300 miles. I don't know if we were the witless beneficiaries of dumb luck or what, but we made it with no break downs or snafus... our 2001 Mini didn't even hiccup once the entire trip.
We spent a week in the Yosemite high country, "dry camping" at Tuolumne Meadows Campground (a little under 10,000 ft). Now, I'm not an experienced "motorhomer', in fact, I'm a "city-fied" bloke, so take my blathering over the beauty of Yosemite with a grain of salt, but I can honestly say, I didn't think places like this really existed. "Awesome", a word I've come to detest, is the only word to describe what I saw... It's difficult to take it all in. It's kinda like experiencing "nature overload"!
I'll quit blabbering and post up a few photos I took. I snapped what seemed like "thousands", but won't make anyone suffer through the "family vacation photos" thing... I'll limit it to the four I like the best.
This is the Tioga Pass, or at least part of it...
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii36/honu_2008/Yosemite%202012/DSC_0600copy.jpg
These are a couple from the river next to the campsite...
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii36/honu_2008/Yosemite%202012/DSC_0568copy.jpg
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii36/honu_2008/Yosemite%202012/DSC_0578copy.jpg
And the last, I promise, is one taken by my beautiful bride, as we were headin' home on 395, south of Lone Pine...
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii36/honu_2008/Yosemite%202012/DSC_0621copy.jpg
Hope you enjoy them as much as I do...
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I'll refrain from boring you with the details, but luckily, the only "major" fixes that needed to be done were yankin' out the old microwave, puttin' in a new one and replacing all six tires. The rest was catchin' up on all the delayed maintainence...
Our "break-in" journey took us from sunny Southern California to Yosemite National Forest, a round trip of a bit over 1,300 miles. I don't know if we were the witless beneficiaries of dumb luck or what, but we made it with no break downs or snafus... our 2001 Mini didn't even hiccup once the entire trip.
We spent a week in the Yosemite high country, "dry camping" at Tuolumne Meadows Campground (a little under 10,000 ft). Now, I'm not an experienced "motorhomer', in fact, I'm a "city-fied" bloke, so take my blathering over the beauty of Yosemite with a grain of salt, but I can honestly say, I didn't think places like this really existed. "Awesome", a word I've come to detest, is the only word to describe what I saw... It's difficult to take it all in. It's kinda like experiencing "nature overload"!
I'll quit blabbering and post up a few photos I took. I snapped what seemed like "thousands", but won't make anyone suffer through the "family vacation photos" thing... I'll limit it to the four I like the best.
This is the Tioga Pass, or at least part of it...
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii36/honu_2008/Yosemite%202012/DSC_0600copy.jpg
These are a couple from the river next to the campsite...
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii36/honu_2008/Yosemite%202012/DSC_0568copy.jpg
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii36/honu_2008/Yosemite%202012/DSC_0578copy.jpg
And the last, I promise, is one taken by my beautiful bride, as we were headin' home on 395, south of Lone Pine...
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii36/honu_2008/Yosemite%202012/DSC_0621copy.jpg
Hope you enjoy them as much as I do...
Staff edit: Make links live