Funnier still is I really am only an hour ( at Nevada cruising speeds ) from the East gate of Yosemite, about 75 miles North-North-East. Least I made it in under 60 minutes once when I was younger and didn't have my wife along. Haven't been in the place in years as had given up on driving through it in the middle to late '80's. It seemed populated by a specially selected set of idiots behind the wheel, on bikes, and on foot. Don't know if the brain damage was temporary or permanent, but something had obviously disrupted their mental functioning.