Your hosts: Tom and Marna Wood

Please e-mail us inlandempire@socalm.org when you have reserved you room. If you are participating in the activities but making alternate lodging arrangements, please let us know. Breakfast and lunch is independent. Both hotels have a complimentary continental breakfast. However, we will have a group dinner each evening. Please RSVP for the dinners. Tentative price range for dinner is $20 - $25 per person per meal.

Itinerary (Dinner Form) (Schedule) (Adventurers List)

Friday   - Afternoon caravan to Oakhurst (leaving from Santa Clarita by 1:00pm)
           8:00PM Dinner in Oakhurst    (Run Directions)

Saturday – Choice of activities
            1 – Explore Yosemite. Great roads, lots of time to explore Yosemite Valley. *See Picture Below.*
            2 – Explore the foothills north of Oakhurst. Several stops but emphasis is on driving.
            3 – Shopping in the old towns along Hwy 49. Emphasis will be on shopping, driving limited.
            4 – Professional guided bus tour of Yosemite.
              ( Run Directions)    (Shopping Run directions)

Great experience. Reservations required.

Please contact the tour company directly, www.yosemitetours.com 559-877-8687

            7:00PM Dinner in Oakhurst

Sunday – Drive south through the foothills. The afternoon will be spent at Kings Canyon/ Sequoia National Parks.
               ( Run Directions)

            7:00PM Dinner in Three Rivers

Monday – Time to head home.
For those who are heading south and are not in a hurry, Tom & Marna will travel the long way home with lots of twisties.   ( Run Directions)

Lodging
Please call hotel directly and make your reservations.

Friday and Saturday, April 26 & 27 – Oakhurst Shilo Inn, 40644 Highway 41, 559-683-3555 or 800-222-2244            Group rate - $59 + tax per night

           Be sure to tell them you are part of the Miata Club

Sunday, April 28 – Three Rivers Best Western Holiday Lodge, 40105 Sierra Drive (Hwy 198), 559-561-4119            Group Rate - $78.30 + tax

              Be sure to tell them you are part of the Miata Club

Directions
Caravan meeting location – 12:30pm at Carrows Restaurant. Take I-5 north to Calgrove Blvd. (about 4 miles north of the I-5/I-210/14 interchange. Turn right. Carrows is on the left. We must leave no later than 1:00pm.

Directions for those not caravanning: Take I-5 north to Hwy 99. In Fresno, take Hwy 41 north to Oakhurst. Shilo Inn is on the north end of town, on the left side of the street.

Picture from Graeme Kinsey on Pre-Run 4/14/2002
The Miata's are dwarfed by the beauty of Yosemite.
Hint--Purchase a yearly pass @ $50.00
It is tax deductible and good for one year.
It also gets you into the other parks we visit!