The day
after we drove Tioga Pass Road to Tenaya Lake a winter storm blew in from
Alaska and dropped 18 inches of snow on the High Sierra closing the road for
the season.
Down in Coarsegold
we got a day of quite heavy rain, so our campsite changed from this.
To this! California is suffering from an extreme
drought and is desperate for rain so everyone was very happy about this. As for us, well it was just like being at
home!
Once the
storm cleared, we headed back to Yosemite and on our way stopped at Wawona
General Store for some hot chocolate.
Nearby is the gorgeous Wawona Hotel, it reminds me of the one in Dirty
Dancing. As you can see I took this
before the storm.
Driving into
Yosemite Valley we stopped at Tunnel View and were treated to gorgeous views of
snow covered El Capitan and Half Dome.
Down in
the valley we found a car park and set off to walk to the Visitor Centre, where
we watched one of the informational films.
Once that was over, and I have to it wasn’t the best park film ever we’ve seen, we
followed the trail to Yosemite Falls.
Yosemite Falls
is one of the worlds tallest waterfalls, dropping 2,425 ft into the valley.
Upper
Yosemite Falls.
Lower
Yosemite Falls.
Upper and
Lower Yosemite Falls
A marker commemorates
the fact that in 1869 John Muir built a sugar pine cabin here and made it his
home for two years.
Our last
stop for the day was Bridalveil Falls.
The Ahwahneechee called the area ‘Pohono’ or ‘Spirit of the Puffing
Wind’. The falls drop 620 feet into the
valley and the wind sometimes pulls the water away from th cliff making it sway
from side to side.
Often at
this time of the year there is very little water flowing over the cliffs, but
with all the rain and snow the day before it was flowing well when we got
there.
Have fun,
we are!
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