make this a summary and then upload other pics as short entries.
Friday morning we drove into Yosemite Valley to get our wilderness
permit. Not backcountry, wilderness. Then a short 1.5 mile hike to
lower Yosemite Falls. Next up was the long drive to Glacier Point.
What made this interesting was the fact that we had to drive through
an active forest fire to get there. There were flames literally two
feet off the road. Glacier Point offered the classic Yosemite Valley
panoramas, including Half Dome (see pic; we apologize for the
haziness, but again, we drove through an ACTIVE forest fire).
After driving back through the valley, we headed to Tuolomne Grove,
where we did a short 2 mile hike to see giant sequoia trees. From
there we made a couple more viewpoint stops before making a 1 mile
hike to our backpackers campsite. We got up early Saturday morning to
start our hike into the wilderness...
Original Plan: 4 days, 3 nights, 20 mile loop plus side trips
Actual Results: 2 days, 1 night, 20 mile loop, no intentional side
trips (details coming soon)
Positives: beautiful scenery including meadows, lakes, wildlife,
creeks, snowcapped mountains, etc.
Negatives: mosquitoes, mosquitoes, mosquitoes, etc.
After getting back to the car early Sunday afternoon, we shared a
cold, much-needed Calderra IPA. We finally left out of the east end
of the park toward 395.
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