GNO

The Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite Valley

It's Thursday and my friend Edie and I are off on the ultimate GNO- Girl's Night Out.  Our destination is Yosemite Valley to stay at the world famous Ahwahnee Hotel for one night.  HOO HOO!  Queen Elizabeth once rented the entire hotel for her stay.  Countless other celebrities also stayed here. We arrived at the hotel in time for lunch on the patio.  Our room has a view of the central lawn.

A Trio of Ice Creams for dessert         

For our dinner reservation we had to change out of our shorts into a more dressy attire.  The formal dining area is long and elegant with windows which wrap around two sides of the room. Each table is lit with a long taper in the center.  The effect can only be described with one word- ROMANTIC.  Of course it would have been more romantic if we had men with us.  HA!  The dessert helped make up for that. It was a trio of ice creams made in house. It was as tasty as it was beautiful.  

Our Morning Breakfast

The next morning we are back in the dining room for breakfast of Eggs Benedict, French Toast and Mimosas.     We were also lucky to have a window view.  Just as my coffee was poured a fawn appeared outside on the lawn.  His mother, father, and brother were with him all of them having breakfast as well (theirs of course was the morning grass).  They were undaunted by human 
curiosity seekers and photographers and allowed humans to get up close and personal.    

Our Entertainment over breakfast

We returned to Mammoth in the afternoon still wearing summer clothing.  When we got to my condo the maple tree outside had a few red leaves on it.  Fall is here at last.  

The next morning OMG- it is snowing!!! A light dusting but even so- did we have a one day autumn??? Is winter weather on the way???