SATURDAY Night Halfway!
Jul. 29th, 2023 09:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerWhat comes after Friday Night Halfway? Would you believe Saturday Night Halfway? After driving to Folsom last night, halfway to Bassi Falls today (okay, it was mathematically more than halfway), this afternoon we drove from near Bassi Falls to Madera, California.
"What's Madera halfway to?" might be one of your questions.
"And where even is Madera?" might be your other.
To answer the second one first, Madera is in California's Central Valley, a bit north of Fresno. In fact Madera, with a population of almost 70,000, is now considered part of the Fresno metropolitan area, which has a regional population of 1.4 million. Fresno proper has almost 600,000 residents, making it the 5th largest city in California. It's behind San Francisco, which is only the 4th largest city in the state!
Our plan for tomorrow is to drive up into the Sierra Nevada, through the town of Oakhurst, to hike Lewis Creek. There are a number of falls there we've enjoyed visiting in the past.
Driving to Madera today was quite a haul. After we had an early dinner back in Folsom it was 3 hours of solid driving to Madera. That's on top of the driving— and hiking— earlier in the day. Driving-wise I logged almost 300 miles today. But we arrived at the Hampton Inn in Madera around 7:15pm with nothing else on the agenda for the rest of the evening except rest & relaxation. ...Well, that and a bit of food and a delicious milkshake from Sonic Drive-In a few minutes away.
"What's Madera halfway to?" might be one of your questions.
"And where even is Madera?" might be your other.
To answer the second one first, Madera is in California's Central Valley, a bit north of Fresno. In fact Madera, with a population of almost 70,000, is now considered part of the Fresno metropolitan area, which has a regional population of 1.4 million. Fresno proper has almost 600,000 residents, making it the 5th largest city in California. It's behind San Francisco, which is only the 4th largest city in the state!
Our plan for tomorrow is to drive up into the Sierra Nevada, through the town of Oakhurst, to hike Lewis Creek. There are a number of falls there we've enjoyed visiting in the past.
Driving to Madera today was quite a haul. After we had an early dinner back in Folsom it was 3 hours of solid driving to Madera. That's on top of the driving— and hiking— earlier in the day. Driving-wise I logged almost 300 miles today. But we arrived at the Hampton Inn in Madera around 7:15pm with nothing else on the agenda for the rest of the evening except rest & relaxation. ...Well, that and a bit of food and a delicious milkshake from Sonic Drive-In a few minutes away.
