Small old gold rushtowns in the pre mountains

Driving from spring at the Central Valley into winter at Yosemite National Park (28.2.-1.3.09)

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April 6th 2009
We left San Francisco in the morning to escape a huge pacific weather depression that was heading with a lot of rain for the coast and predicted snow fall for the mountains. We wanted to do the next day a hike at the famous Yosemite National Park and feared this would not be possible due to snow. Also tire chains maybe required at bad winter conditions; we had none and were also not allowed to use ... read more

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