5th Oct - Sparks, NV to Lee Vining, CA
US 395 took us from Sparks, NV to Lee Vining, California. It is a spectacular drive - we are never far from the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Fall is well on its way in the ranges as evidenced by the snow capped summits.
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The route is definitely a "snow chain" area in winter...the red poles along the highway are a guide to where the road edges are when they are snowed under....it is a long tumble to the valley as the average elevation of the highway is approx. 5 - 6,000 feet.
Mona Vista RV Park in Lee Vining - a basic rv park. We arrived at 10mins. to 1pm and found ourselves in a queue behind 2 Class A motorhomes at the "Do Not Pass Go" white line. We were wondering why it was taking the people before us so long to register. One of the owners of the Class A came and told us that he had arrived 15 mins before us and the RV park would not check him in as Check In was 1pm and that was their rule. Tom was given a few tokens for the use of the bathrooms - each token gave him 5mins. hot water. Wi Fi usage costs $4 per day....if we thought the internet at Sparks was slow, this Tortoise probably had a whole bottle of valium. Lee Vining is the gateway to Yosemite Nat. Park(YNP) and this is the closest RV park to YNP hence the RV Park's" my way or the highway" attitude.
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