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AlmostThere wrote:LA to Yosemite takes most of a day.
ergalthema wrote:AlmostThere wrote:LA to Yosemite takes most of a day.
Sounds like you aren't following my plans (which are still flexible). I'm leaving LA around the 16th to visit family in Visalia. We'll run out to Sequoia for a few hours, take them back to Visalia, then I'll try to get to San Francisco that night. Around the 19th, I'll head to Tahoe area, camp a night or two on the way down and around through the valley on the 21st. Back to San Francisco on the 22nd. Is that really a potential difficulty?
AlmostThere wrote:LA to Visalia can take most of the day as well. It all depends on traffic, which is pretty darn bad sometimes. So no, I don't know that it will take six hours, or sixteen, but I've seen it go long more often than short. Trying not to be on the freeway in rush hour helps.
You're going to be in the car for a long while on the 16th. That's a lot of driving.... And then taking on traffic in SF, brave man to do that while you're tired. At least it gets less chockablock the later it gets. WHen I drive to Point Reyes from Fresno, I allot a full six hours and try to time it so I leave at 5 pm, which puts me in SF area after 7 so I'm not stuck in rush hour.
When you say down and around through the valley do you mean Owens Valley? Going to Yosemite Valley is a side trip off the 120. Going over Tioga Pass there is a 35mph limit, and you go slower if there are RVs, or tourists who stop in the middle of the road. (I've had that happen, they get overwhelmed and jump out of the car to take pictures.)
I would expect to spend an hour in Tuolumne Meadows -- that's a gorgeous place to walk around - and then another couple hours in the valley floor, because that too is another gorgeous place to walk around, and a very slow drive until after 5 pm.
Phil wrote:If you're already in Sacramento, just jump on I-5 and head down past Stockton, then jump on eastbound 120 and go right to the park entrance (gate) at Big Oak Flat. Or if you're in Tahoe, head over the hill to Carson City and take 395 to westbound 120 and you'll then come in through the East gate at Tioga Pass.
Anywhere you go; LA, SF, points in between,Yosemite Valley...anywhere in park, time it wrong, sit in traffic. Sometimes very heavy, sometimes sitting in one place, sometimes crawling. Normal commute times are when to avoid the roads, accidents notwithstanding. In the Valley, anytime after 8 am, until late afternoon through evening about 6 pm. Basically, get the driving done early, ditch the car, do your thing, wait until everyone goes back to their campsites for dinner to leave.
AlmostThere wrote: Going over Tioga Pass there is a 35mph limit, and you go slower if there are RVs, or tourists who stop in the middle of the road. (I've had that happen, they get overwhelmed and jump out of the car to take pictures.)
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