AH YOSEMITE-YOU HAD SO MUCH TO FOLLOW..THING IS, WE HAD BEEN SPOILT BY SCENERY BEFORE WE EVEN STEPPED INTO YOSSEMITE,COMBINE THE SIERRA MOUNTAINS,THE BEAUTIFUL MAMMOTH LAKES AND YOSEMITE(313)-(319) ALL IN ONE AND YOU HAVE PROBABLY ONE OF THE FINEST NATURAL WONDER SITES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.THE OTHER FACTOR IS THE DRY HOT SUMMER THAT PLAYED IT'S PART HERE,AS THE MAIN LOWER AND HIGHER YOSEMITE FALLS HAD JUST ABOUT DRIED UP-SO NO WATERFALLS TO TAKE IN THERE!! WE DID FIND SOME COMPENSATION AT BRIDALVIEW FALLS(320)(321)THOUGH,SO ALL WAS NOT LOST.YOSEMITE IS A HUGE NATURAL FOREST OF HUGE SEQUOIA(NOW THAT TAKES SOME SPELLING-O.K. I GOOGLED IT-YOU KNEW I WOULD..)AND PINES SET IN A VERY DEEP CANYON-IT IS IMPRESSIVE IT HAS TO BE SAID,I DID MANAGE TO GET A COUPLE OF SHOTS OF THE PARK IN IT'S AUTUMN GLORY(322)(323)-NOTE I STUCK WITH 'AUTUMN' THERE AND WASN'T DRAWN INTO USING THE WORD 'FALL' (I KNOW I'LL STAND CORRRECTED WHEN THE DESCRIPTIONS COME UP IN THE PHOTO SECTION,BUT 'FALL' IS AN EASIER WORD TO TYPE....)SO,WE ARE NOW IN AN AREA THAT THEY CALL CENTRAL SIERRA AND WE ARE BACK TO THE SMALL ONE STREET WESTERN TOWNS THAT I KNOW WILL PLEASE A LOAD OF FOLLOWERS OF THIS BLOG..WE'RE STAYING IN A SMALL PLACE CALLED JAMESTOWN, IN AN OLD COLONIAL STYLE HOTEL OVERLOOKING MAIN STREET- WITH AN UPSTAIRS VERANDA AREA, WHERE YOU CAN SIT OUT AND WATCH THE PEOPLE GO BY-(JUST LIKE BUTCH DID, WATHING THEM DOWN ON THE STREET, WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO RAISE A POSSE AND HE WAS UPSTAIRS IN A HOTEL PORCH ,TAKING A BEER) WE ARE HERE ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF RICK,THANKS MATE,YOU WERE SPOT ON,WE HAVE TRIED THE 12OZ RIB EYE AT THE WILLOWS AND YOU WERE RIGHT WITH THAT ONE TOO,TAKE SOME PHOTOS AROUND HERE TODAY,ALSO GOING TO AN OLD WEST TOWN CALLED COLUMBIA PRESERVED AS A HERITAGE SITE WHICH CAN'T BE CHANGED IN ANY WAY(BIT LIKE ALBERT STREET THERE THEN !!)..SO SEE WHAT WE FIND THERE,TIME TO STRAP THOSE GUNS ON AGAIN...