On 4/3/2014 6:28 PM, Scott Gomez wrote:
> On the east side of the Sierras, just north on 395 (from the road from
> Yosemite) in Lee Vining, are two places I can recommend:
>
> Murphey's is a reasonably priced motel, with clean rooms. They're here:
> http://www.murpheysyosemite.com/ My wife and I got a room there easily in
> June, but it may well have been early in the month on a year where the road
> to Yosemite wasn't open yet.
Ah yes, I stayed there once ages ago. It was then simple, clean, cheap, and
thus what we wanted for a stopping place on
our way back from the real high country down south. Nowadays, we look for
campgrounds and RV places.
> Also in Lee Vining is Nicely's restaurant. It is nothing fancy, but the
> food was very good, prices reasonable and the place has been around a long
> while. Mono Lake will be (almost literally) just across the highway.
I'm thinking we ate there, too, but memory is weak...
> I'd also consider Sequoia National Park, which isn't all that far south of
> Yosemite. The world's largest Sequoia, and lots of hiking in SNP.
>
> One point of warning, Boris: the bears in the Sierras are not the cute and
> cuddly, nearly domesticated black bears one finds on the east coast. Be
> very careful hiking around, and beware of leaving food in vehicles (even
> one closed and locked).
The bears in Yosemite Valley will simply pull the doors off.
I've asked rangers in a few places, and none are aware of bears attacking RVs,
even relatively small ones. None had an
explanation, either. (Certainly some years ago, they didn't bother us in our VW
camper, while tearing apart coolers in
other camps.) I've wondered if it is because of the other smells of human
occupation, including indoor potties.
I was surprised when I saw the bow hunting trophy on the wall of friends in
Maine. I thought it must be a cub,
apparently not. Adult bears in the Sierra go from big to bigger. Not inherently
mean, as I understand Grizzlys to be
often, but sheer size and strength make them dangerous.
Bear With Moose
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