Yosemite

After leaving our extended stay at Sequoia, we were expecting something similar at Yosemite.  However, it was about 3000 feet lower elevation and beautiful in a different way.  We had called ahead and talked to George, the campsite manager, to move our reservation forward.  When we arrived, the most generous man greeted us.  He moved our reservation without cost, loaned us his trickle charger for 36 hours as our trailer battery was not holding a charge, which meant we could have lost the contents of our fridge and freezer without power.  Of course, he had to loan us his generator as well, which meant we had power in a dry camping site!  Lights and heat, amazing! 

On top of that, George gave us about 10 trout he’d caught that morning and 10 enormous zucchinis / corgettes that he must have gotten as a gift from a local farm.  Also, he brought some spare colouring books and crayons for Georgia.  And we thought southerners were generous.

Tim cooked a gorgeous fresh trout and grilled zucchini/corgette dinner on the campfire.   That night we had a beautiful moonrise between the pines in our stunning campsite.

The next day, we weren’t sure where we were going and ended up at Hetch Hetchy reservoir and the dam.  It was very cool and since we didn’t go to Hoover Dam, Karen got her fix there.

Yosemite Valley is stunning with waterfalls, sheer cliffs, granite formations, grassy meadows and thousands of people.  It’s too bad that this must be the busiest park in the world.  It took 45 minutes to find a parking space and the shuttle was so rammed you couldn’t see outside as you were driving.  We were able to hike up (straight up) to a waterfall and into a meadow by a river and we enjoyed that.

  However, any thoughts of extending due to the great campsite and hospitality were quashed by the crowds and we headed on our way the next day.