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‘Summer Guide & Whats UP!


Healdsburg, CA. ~ On Saturday, July


15, the Healdsburg Water


Carnival returns to Healdsburg’s Veterans Memorial Beach, bring- ing old-time summer fun for all ages. Presented by Sonoma Coun- ty Regional Parks and the Sonoma County Regional Parks Founda- tion, the carnival benefits the Rus- sian River Water Safety Patrol, which provides loaner life vests and water safety information to


river visitors throughout the sum- mer.


The event runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Wrist- bands will be sold for $10 and allow the wearer to slide on the Zoom Flume, take a boat ride on iconic Sandy the Swan, and par- ticipate in barrel races in the river and face painting. Parking is $7 or free for Regional Parks members with their parks pass.


ers climb. No ropes needed, but one heck of a lot of endurance. What counteracted the burning of the calves and thighs were the views and continuous scenes of water, mountain, clouds and sheer pure landscapes. No won- der John Muir loved this place so much! Suddenly, there’s re- ally no pain, just pure excite- ment for what’s around the next corner. Like Nevada Fall for instance (to the right). I took a lot of breaks, be- cause I did not want to miss all the glorious photographic opportuni-


ties that arose around nearly every cor- ner and I needed to catch my breathe. Finally, aſter four hours there


BUYING U.S. GOLD COINS


$1.00 GOLD...............................................................$150.00 & up $2.50 GOLD...............................................................$190.00 & up $3.00 GOLD...............................................................$550.00 & up $5.00 GOLD...............................................................$260.00 & up $10.00 GOLD.............................................................$520.00 & up $20.00 GOLD..........................................................$1,150.00 & up $50.00 GOLD 1851 to 1855..................................$10,000.00 & up


BUYING


SILVER DIMES 1964 & Before...................................... $1.13 & up SILVER QUARTERS 1964 & Before..............................$2.82 & up SILVER HALF 1964 & Before.........................................$5.65 & up SILVER HALF 1965 to 1970...........................................$1.54 & up SILVER DOLLAR 1878 to 1904....................................$17.50 & up SILVER DOLLAR 1921 to 1935....................................$15.00 & up


HALF CENTS 1793-1857 LARGE CENTS 1793-1857


BUYING – OLDER U.S. COINS –BUYING DIMES 1796-1891


$30.00 & up $10.00 & up


FLYING EAGLE CENTS 1856-1858 $12.00 & up TWO & THREE CENTS 1851-1889 HALF DIMES 1794-1873


SHIELD NICKELS 1866-1883 LIBERTY NICKELS 1883-1913 . BUFFALO NICKELS 1913-1938


$7.00 & up $7.00 & up $8.00 & up .40 & up .25 & up


TWENTY CENTS 1875-1878 QUARTERS 1796-1891


HALF DOLLARS 1794-1839 HALF DOLLARS 1839-1891 DOLLARS 1794-1804


TRADE DOLLARS 1873-1885


$7.00 & up $55.00 & up $11.00 & up $30.00 & up $14.00 & up $700.00 & up $45.00 & up


SEATED DOLLARS 1840-1873 $150.00 & up


was flat land! Water was run- ning low in our packs so we took out our handy hand pump purchased from REI and re- filled up our camel-back back packs with delicious fresh snow melt. I brought a pack that was just about 30 lbs. No wonder my legs were working over- time! All seven of us that hiked traded this pack from time to time, so it took a bit of stress off my legs. Te flat area we had reached is called the Silver


TM


On the cover of the Summer Guide! Yosemite: Every Step Water Carnival Returns to Veterans Memorial Beach


Apron, which begins shortly


aſter Nevada Fall, a spectacular demonstration of nature’s snow melt force. Te Silver Apron is a 1-1/2 mile stretch of granite sand trail with beautiful pon- derosa pines, firs & cedar trees. To our leſt, headed south, the 7076 foot Liberty Cap yet an- other incredible granite rock formation all by itself (in pic


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phenomenal display of stars. We passed this area and con-


tinued up the steep incline. A new set of switchbacks began. Meandering through the path upward were 1000’s of huge ponderosa pines that had to be hundreds if not up to 1000’s years old or more! Some lay strewn across the path from Mother Nature’s


force, but


were cut right through mid- dle with a very large chain saw. Te path is very well taken care of, all the way up! Te last three


miles were by far the tough- est as the air got thinner and the steps


above). I was reassured by my friends


that the incline was a lot easier from here on out…but we were still over 4 miles away from the top. Ten the switchbacks be- gan. Just south of Half Dome, you pass Little Yosemite Valley and the sand ends. People usu- ally camp for the night in Little Yosemite Valley then tackle Half Dome, a leisurely 3-1/2 mile jaunt. Evidently the camp is at 6100 feet and has 3 or four massive fire pit areas where ten- ter’s can come together and en- joy the evening looking at the


steeper. Along the final three miles,


the trees thin out and


new animals and birds begin to appear, like for example, a young dear who could care less I was there, only 20 feet away, meandering back and forth across the trail, and a grouse who practically charged me and my friends with its display of


feathers splayed out like a


protective turkey a individual might encounter right here in Sonoma County…but much smaller! Ten the sub-dome(this is


where you sit and rest) finally appeared and I sat down next to a couple of my fellow hik- ers...grateful I had made it this far! I ate a snack, drank wa- ter and slowly came back to earth. Ten my thighs started to cramp. I rolled over & stood up immediately and stretched and was much better, until I looked up and there were the final 400 feet of cables. I sat there a few minutes. My friends had already leſt and were up the cables and on top. In those short few moments I sat, my mind saying, ‘Paul, you’re here, you’ve got to finish the hike to the top!’ I was a bit afraid I had ... continued on page 11


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