DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE?

Dionne Warwick, a musical staple of our time, made the song, “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” popular. 

And thus, it was rather paradoxical to my wife, and I when we easily found our way to that northern California city of a million in our pilgrimage to Yosemite National Park.

However…

as we bid adieu to that third largest city in the Golden State, we apparently took a wrong turn, and realized we had no earthly idea where we were, nor how to get where we were going. 

To our left was a gigantic reservoir. To our right was a stand of tall fir trees. And it seemed the further we drove, the “lost-er” we got. 

At this juncture I have long since forgotten how we navigated our way out of our geographic dilemma, but my wife and I have often reflected that, at least in terms of our own journey, the song might just as well have been titled,

“Do You Know the Way Outta San Jose?”

by William McDonald, PhD. Copyright pending