On the road again to Yosemite NP

Leaving the desert of Pioneer Town was very bittersweet. We had such a wonderful time at the wedding house. But we have a new adventure. Lin, Drew Bill, and I left early for our drive to Yosemite. Everyone else were leaving the wedding house but going back to Shan and Carl's house. Not quite sure what all they will be doing. If it's up to Winter, it will be more rock climbing. If it's up to Kristen, it will be a stop at the Cactus Mart to buy some cacti. We shall see. I'm sure there will be some interesting stories for us when we return.

Ok, who's idea was this to come to Yosemite in the spring? As we were driving closer and closer, the clouds kept getting thicker and thicker. Then as we drove to Mariposa Grove (one of my "planned" hikes, it started snowing and throwing in a little ice. The temperature started to fall from a balmy 58 down to 39 when we got to the grove. But would a little snow and sleet stop us? No, BUT we weren't able to drive up due to the weather. We put on some extra layers of clothing and away we went. We had to hike uphill 2 miles to the trailhead





and then a couple more miles to the Grizzly Giant, one of the largest trees in the Mariposa Grove and is estimated to be 1,800 years old. It's the one in the middle of the picture. One of it's limbs is 7 feet in diameter


Then we hiked further to the California Tunnel Tree, cut in1895 to allow horse drawn stages to pass through.


When we finished the trail, we noticed they had opened up the road. Before that we were only saw 2 other groups of people walking up the road. But those people in cars wouldn't have seen this interesting tree


Well that's it for now. We are on the road again to find our tent cabin. Yes we are staying in a tent. Shan said that it's the only way to experience Yosemite! We'll let her know, I'm sure.

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Location:From Pioneer Town to Yosemite