Wow, it has been a while! I'm currently in Oakhurst, CA (again), had a mega-day yesterday, 15.0 hours on duty (the limit) of which 10 were driving (the limit). I usually route up CA-41, but it was closed yesterday due to a bad accident. Fortunately, I found out in time and went "Plan B", up to Plainsburg Road to CA-140. It follows the Merced River up its canyon. Wow, was it ever ripping! Incredible whitewater. Anyhow, I was pumping the caffeine big-time yesterday, so was wound up and shaking by the time I arrived in Oakhurst after dropping my campers in Yosemite. It was midnight before I got to bed! That was after getting up at 0400 yesterday morning. Still, after 7 hours of sleep, noise outside my room awakened me, and after trying and failing to get back to sleep, the coffee pot got put into action and I'm trying to shake out the cobwebs as I'm typing this. A nap is on order for this afternoon!
      The campers will next see my smiling face on Sunday morning, still a couple days away. Woo-hoo, the bus is serviced, head's been dumped and it's fueled, so now I can kick back and relax. Oakhurst is a really pleasant small town in the Sierra foothills.