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Yosemite: A Short Story

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On a hot mid June day in California our main chacater is getting ready to cycle he 's way to Yosemite, not thinking that is map is good he ask an older man t tell him the best way to get to his distantion. He starts to feel like he did wrong letting the old timers take a look at his map, but still not listening to his gut the cyclis, following their adivce the cyclist road off in the moring with a big smile on his face he comes along his first ghost town "I chuckled, checked my water supply, and moved on. The sun was beginning to beat down, but I barely noticed it". Not knowing how far the next town was going to be the bike cyclist countied with Yosemite being the only thing on his mind. Has he came along the next town , the cyclist

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