Friday Night Halfway in Fresno
It's Friday night and time for another episode of Friday Night Halfway. Yes, we did a Friday Night Halfway just last Friday, driving to Redding. I haven't even finished blogging about the hiking we did on that trip, and already we're going on another one. But not back to Redding. Main reason: it's too smoky still from the Park Fire. 😧 🥵 Tonight we're in Fresno.
Fresno. Yes, Fresno. The 5th largest city in California. But we're not here because of its size or its significance... Fresno being widely known for its slogan, "No, really, we're now the 5th largest city in California." 🤣 We're here because it's halfway to somewhere else.
Somewhere else in this case is the Sierra National Forest and the Dinkey Lakes Wilderness. Yes, it's really called the Dinkey Lakes Wilderness. No, the lakes are not really dinky. I mean, some of them certainly are, but that's not why they have that name. It's a person's name. Yes, really. 🤣
This Friday Night Halfway is similar to a stay in Fresno 12 months ago. We're staying in a different hotel this time, so the last umpteen miles of the trip were the same. And it was only about 156 miles total from home. The Drive to Fresno Travelog I wrote last time still mostly pertains. At least this time we were able to get an early start from home, rolling out of our garage at 3:40pm, so were were all tucked away in our hotel room by 9pm after multiple stops for food, gas, and dessert, plus traffic delays getting out of the Bay Area.
Fresno. Yes, Fresno. The 5th largest city in California. But we're not here because of its size or its significance... Fresno being widely known for its slogan, "No, really, we're now the 5th largest city in California." 🤣 We're here because it's halfway to somewhere else.
Somewhere else in this case is the Sierra National Forest and the Dinkey Lakes Wilderness. Yes, it's really called the Dinkey Lakes Wilderness. No, the lakes are not really dinky. I mean, some of them certainly are, but that's not why they have that name. It's a person's name. Yes, really. 🤣
This Friday Night Halfway is similar to a stay in Fresno 12 months ago. We're staying in a different hotel this time, so the last umpteen miles of the trip were the same. And it was only about 156 miles total from home. The Drive to Fresno Travelog I wrote last time still mostly pertains. At least this time we were able to get an early start from home, rolling out of our garage at 3:40pm, so were were all tucked away in our hotel room by 9pm after multiple stops for food, gas, and dessert, plus traffic delays getting out of the Bay Area.