Yosemite National Park

Yosemite was the 7th National Park that we had adventured into during our trip and it's probably the most well known. We arrived at the RV park very late on, so after a good night's sleep we were ready to drive the short journey to the park.

This national park was again very different from the rest. We started off by seeing one of the huge water falls that are scattered in the park, although sadly most of them have slowed to a trickle due to the time of year. From the pictures on the information board you can see that when the snow melts in the spring, this trickle turns into a major blast. Our journey continued through the park, and after our now customary encounter with some wild deer, we reached our second waterfall.


It was time for lunch, during which Cazzie opening the mayo and it exploded all over her! So we cleaned her up and headed further into the park towards Mirror Lake. We were keen to see if Mirror Lake was going to be anything like Lake Louise, so we parked up, untied the bikes and rode off. It wasn't as impressive mainly due to the lake being somewhat lower than usual, but the views were great.


On the drive out of the park we stopped to see the rivers which were littered with huge boulders that have fallen from mountains or been moved by the glaciers that once existed here. One thing that makes this park different from the rest is that a lot of the rock here is pure granite.

That was it for us in the park for day one and we were not looking forward to going back to the RV park to shower, as they were the worst showers to date. We drove past a hotel on the way back, so we stopped in and asked if we could hire a room for an hour. After few funny looks and a couple of questions, they finally agreed to let us have a suite for $15!!! Winner winner.

Day 2 started early again as we wanted to get the rest of the park covered before we headed to our next destination. It started at another waterfall, where I discovered I had a great knack for rock climbing!


I managed to make my own way down which allowed us to go to Tunnel View, which is not a view of a tunnel as you may think, but the best view in Yosemite Valley.


From here you can see Half Dome, El Capitan, Sentinel Rock and Mt Stuoobs.

From here we drove to Tuolumne Grove to see the Sequoia Trees which are the biggest and oldest trees in the world. They can grow over 60 meters and some of them are over 1,800 years old. We followed the self guided walking trail into the grove which allowed us to see these beasts. Unfortunately we were not able to touch them as they have been sectioned off because too many people were hugging the trees. This meant the ground around the trees was getting damaged and harming the tree. The sign that explained why, stated "too much loved started to kill these trees"!


Yosemite was once again a brilliant park, totally different and we were so glad we took the time to go and visit.

Pictures are here.

Stuoobs

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