Yosemite | Our HallWay (Barry & Sandi's)

As we were rolling past the Yosemite Chapel yesterday morning I read “Curry Village” on a sign, but didn’t process anymore than that as I don’t need directions to anything in Yosemite. A few moments later I realized I was reading the original sign “Curry Village” not “Half Dome Village” which had been covering up the words “Curry Village” since February 2016. Excited that the name was back, we had to check out and see if the Ahwahnee was back, and it was….the name Majestic was removed that was hiding the name Ahwahnee.

Somehow we missed the news, but on Monday morning July 15th the naming rights lawsuit was settled with Delaware North Companies (DNC) . DNC was the parks concessionaire from 2001 to 2016, and they believed that they owed the name Curry Village that was founded by Mr. and Mrs. Curry in 1899, the Ahwahnee founded in 1927, Wawona founded in 1856 and Badger Pass Ski resort (oldest in California) founded in 1935. (You can read more about these wonderful spots in my posts on “Rollin’ Down the Hallway”, just click on Yosemite on the navigation links on the right side of the “Rollin’ Down the Hallway” page.

Three years ago Sandi and I along with millions of Americans sent letters to our Congressional Representatives to go after DNC and get back the parks names. As a result of the problems with DNC new concessionaire contracts for all National Park will include new language regarding intellectual property so this will never happens again.

Our visit to the park was a brief one as we were celebrating Sandi’s birthday. While there we noticed a LOT of changes throughout the park’s eateries…..I’ll be updating my blog “Yosemite Village and Visitor Center’ from the summer of 2014 with news about the changes. So look for the updates in eight weeks when we return to Yosemite for a long weekend with Family!

Franklyn 13 months Harriet 8 weeks

Our two puppies Franklyn (19 months) and Harriet (9 months) have only a few states under their collar so far, but they are still puppies. This is Harriet’s first road trip and she already has three states! How many states have you seen???

Daphney and Scoutie truly loved each other.

Two of our puppies (Daphney and Scoutie) in puppy heaven have been to 38 states and 2 Canadian provinces. Sandi and I can’t imagine going on a road trip without our puppies, yes it is challenging at times……but we always make it work.

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Franklyn and Harriet today following the narrow path that Daphney loved to take that runs next to the main path.

Today we took the puppies to the beach Frankyln’s second time here (first time last fall), and this is the first time for Harriet. Harriet is something of a home body, her favorite place is under the covers on our bed at home or in the motor home. At home when she goes for a walk with Franklyn and I, she is carried at least 1/2 of our nearly two mile walk….she is not keen on walks. Today as we got to the path that leads to the beach from our campground something changed in Harriet and she took off running with Franklyn. We really believe that our puppies can sense the paths that our old puppies have gone, and believe me Scoutie and Daphney went down this path at least twice a day everyday we were here over the years (120 plus times). Harriet and Franklyn play with many of Scoutie and Daphney’s toys and sleep in their huge puppy bed, so she knows their scents.

Harriet REALLY loved the beach and truly became a new woman!!! We never knew Harriet could run as fast as Franklyn, but she can….even faster!!!