Yosemite, Day 2
I’m in Yosemite again today. Despite the stupidity with the roads (see the previous post), I managed to get some good driving done.
First, in Yosemite Valley:
Upper Yosemite Falls:
El Capitan:
I then drove up to Glacier Point and hiked to the Point from the parking lot:
Half Dome and Falls:
The Ahwahnee:
This picture shows the hotel I’m staying at in Yosemite Valley. In the first one of yesterday’s 3 pictures from the hotel balcony you can see the view from the hotel looking up to this point.
Although the hotel and Glacier Point are only about a mile apart, the road snakes through the hills for 32 miles because of the elevation changes. Glacier Point is not the highest point on the road – that’s somewhere around Mono Meadow (I wonder if there’s a Stereo Meadow or a Surround Meadow). At the highest elevations there are still patches of snow in the shady areas along the side of the road.
Tomorrow I’m on to Sequoia / Kings Canyon which should be a lot less crowded.
