September 3rd, 2014 – US tax – Yosemite, California, USA

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September 3rd, 2014
Yosemite, CaliforniaUSA

At the beginning, it drove us crzay.
Why they can’t write down how much it costs?! do I have to walk around with a calculator in my pocket so I can knoew how much things cost? (yes, I have a smartphone, but you don’t really expect me to walk around and calculate everything I buy).
We pay tax when we buy something in Israel, but you never know how much it is in money. I know the VAT is 18% right now, how much did I pay when I have bought my tomatoes… I really don’t know. You get a receipt, and in the bottom it written how everything costs, how much is the VAT and how much is the total bill.
So what’s the point?
I think what Atza, my wife, pretty sum it up. They are capitalists. They sell you something, they want you to know how much you pay them and how much you pay to the state: “What you pay me, is between you and me. What you pay as tax, is between you and the state”.
That’s an interesting point…
but why can’t you just tell me how much it costs?! >=(

Take Care
Gad

09032014-43The book and the tax.

09032014-41And the bill is just the same as in Israel.

09032014-46Entering the Yosemite Park. Atzva said she saw here a bear family just when I took a pee =P

Walking to Sentinel dome

09032014-03Panorama view form Sentinel dome.

09032014-04one to the east… looking at the El Capitan.

09032014-05Atzva on the edge of Sentinel dome.

09032014-06El Capitan from the Sentinel dome. They say, that if you look close, you can see the rock climbers.

09032014-07He is a captain, you have to salute him =)

From Sentinel Dome to the Galicer Point.

09032014-08 09032014-21The half dome from the Glacier Point.

09032014-20Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall from Glacier Point

09032014-23 09032014-22Yosemite Vaelly.

09032014-24El Capitan from below.

09032014-26 09032014-25The half dome from the Yosemite fall trail and a black crow.

09032014-10Yosemite Valley, and the Half Dome from the balcony on Yosemite fall trail.

09032014-09I think… I think… I think it’s beautiful! (on the Yosemite fall trail).

09032014-28 09032014-29The Yosemite fall trail model, and the dry falls from the bottom.

09032014-30The deers are so used to people

09032014-31The guided tour in the valley

09032014-32 09032014-3609032014-37Driving from the valley to the lakes.

09032014-34Tenaya Lake

09032014-35Just A big rock =)

09032014-1109032014-39Mono Lake

09032014-38Obsidian – a Hugh piece of Obsidian.

09032014-40“This is a young mountain”. No, not 65 million years. Not a million years. Not even 10,000 years – Only 650 years! Think about it! Indians riding their horses and looking at this mountain forming up

09032014-44Driving out of Yosmitie

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Yosemite, California, USA

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