Yosemite
Ride
Day 2 of 3
26 July 2008
Re-posted: 17 August 2008, 8 PM
rode down from West Sacramento
to ride with us in Yosemite
We got video too!...
that report the Mariposa Grove history...
There are pictures 100 years old of mounted cavalry
having their pictures taken here.
I couldn't resist this. I copied your photo from
offline with Dennis
and Debbie standing inside the giant redwood. Then I found one of
our old photos, taken around 1908 is my guess, with my grandparents
and their friends in Yosemite at the same tree; Chloe Bertha Wells,
standing in front of the car they took, and my grandfather Henry
Isaac Jacobs behind her to the photo's right. They probably were
photographed from the other side of where Dennis and Debbie stood.
The ground is different but it may have been grated - I've found lots
changes in parks and towns over 100 years in my family photo and
research work.
I just think this is pretty neat - about 100
years years in between
these 2 photos! - And oddly enough, I wanted a photo of what it
looked like today anyway. Thanks a lot! - Hey, Dennis and Debbie -
maybe someday - in 100 years or so ... someone will be comparing your
photo. Smile!
Nice to see the group. Nice to see Dwight and
his son! Say 'Hi' to
him from us.
In Christ,
Charlotte and John
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Close enough Charlotte and John! In fact...Judy found that the original Drive Through Tree in Yosemite stood for 88 years...before it fell in a winter storm in 1968-69.
www.nps.gov:80/archive/seki/2trees.htm
How wonderful that you two take the time to keep in close touch...and that we share!
Back to Oakhurst...to get ready for
the Sugar Pine Railroad
BBQ and train ride...
So we waited for a while for them to catch up...
but they never did....
Vikki looked a bit mussed up...
like they'd taken advantage of their alone time
It's maintained by approximately 20 people with various needed skills....
