The Adventures Of Tom Bissell
Posted in AdventuresWithYum on Wednesday 08 July 2009 11:37pm
We moved to Manteca so we could spend more time in the mountains. So far this is all going according to plan. Since we moved out here we’ve been to Yosemite twice, Sonora Pass twice, Carson Pass once, and Ebbetts Pass once. We’ve camped in Yosemite and Hope Valley. We’ve done [...]
Posted in AdventuresWithYum on Wednesday 27 May 2009 12:00am
In years past I’ve gone to Silverfork off highway 50 for Memorial Day weekend. That was back when I was younger and didn’t care about sitting in stop-and-go traffic for 8 hours to get home. These days I’m much more likely to stay home on holiday weekends. But Sonora Pass called to [...]
Posted in AdventuresWithYum on Thursday 07 May 2009 12:41am
Yum and I are having a great time in Manteca. We love how close this town is to the outdoors.
In mid-April we went swimming at Lake Camanche off highway 88.
Lake Camanche was nice and cool during that heat wave we had here in California. We finished off our evening with some gambling at [...]
Posted in AdventuresWithYum on Tuesday 16 September 2008 05:27pm
On Sunday afternoon, Yum and I went for a short little drive.
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Only a few hundred miles.
Silver Fork of the American River
Yum with her new friend in Kirkwood
My new crush, Hope Valley.
Hope Valley is such a beautiful place. It lies between Kirkwood and the Cal-Neva border along highway 88. It has everything [...]