KOA Coarsegold, CA:  Drove up near the Yosemite National Park entrance to take the historic old logging train.  Boarded at 12:30 and wound through the Sierra National Forest amid the fragrant pines.  A beautiful day for it—mid-80s up in the mountains.  The steam engine was very unusual in that it had worm gears or something to turn the wheels.  Very different.  It looked like a corkscrew or something.  Back in the logging days, they ran a flume from up in the mountains all the way down to Madera.  54 miles!  Some of the workers used to ride down this flume in little boats at speeds of over 50 mph.  I’m sure they had to change their underwear after that ride!  After that we drove up over the mountains to Bass Lake.  A beautiful blue lake surrounded by pine forested mountains.  Drove around this pretty lake checking out some of the homes and little cottages clustered around the shore.  On the way home we stopped at a fruit stand and bought some sweet corn, cherries, plums, and peaches.  Back home and had steaks and sweet corn for dinner.  92 down here. 

The Sugar Pine Railroad

Pretty Bass Lake